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| Regime army recovers positions southwest of Aleppo city |
| 2016-08-16 |
| [EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Syrian opposition activists say a push by an alliance of rebel groups to open a new front with regime forces in Aleppo has failed. The activists and the websites reported Monday that the rebels retreated from positions they seized near a cement factory a day earlier on the southwestern outskirts of the city. Fierce fighting began Sunday and lasted for hours around key army positions at the cement factory. Aleppo has become the focal point of the war. Cement Factory is considered one of the most important military fortification for regime army and its militias and the regime uses the factory as military barracks. The factory includes huge building on which regime placed snipers, machine guns and spread mines in its surrounding making it difficult for any faction to advance. Cement Factory and Jamiyet al-Zahraa were heavily bombed by warplanes which targeted Syrian resistance locations forcing them to withdraw. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 35 rebels were killed in the fighting. |
| Posted by:Fred |