Chaos in Syria after fuel tank detonates at air base

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Chaos erupts in a mosque in Deraa, after it was purportedly targeted by Syrian government forces during Friday prayers.

Families do what they can to protect the young.

This clip, also taken from a social media website, shows locals in Deraa caring for an injured man.

This, as clashes intensify in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor, after an alleged suicide bomber detonated a fuel tank at a Syrian air base. An Islamic State Twitter account published photos of a man, who they say, carried out the attack.

More video purports to show the aftermath... as Islamic State militants and government forces battle near the city's airport.

The militants have been attempting to gain control of the area, which borders their seized territories in Iraq, and where the oil fields here provide them with a source of revenue.