Syria's army advanced overnight deeper into east Aleppo where it now controls more than half of the former rebel stronghold after a fierce assault that has sparked an international outcry. Overnight, government troops and allied forces seized the district of Tariq al-Bab where heavy fighting had raged a day earlier, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Dec. 3.The government has now recaptured around 60 percent of eastern parts of the city that the rebels overran in mid-2012, according to the Britain-based monitor.
The advance opens the road leading from the government-controlled west of the city to the international airport just outside Aleppo to the east, which is also held by the regime. And it has prompted more civilians to flee, heading either further south into remaining rebel-held districts or crossing into government-held territory or areas under Kurdish control.
Assad's forces have made swift gains in east Aleppo, and its loss would be the biggest blow yet to Syria's opposition in the more than five-year-old war.
The government has trumpeted its advances, and state television on Dec. 3 showed buses full of residents going from west Aleppo back to their homes in neighborhoods retaken by the army.
From al-Manar: 5 Civilians die in Aleppo
Five civilians were killed and 29 others were injured in terrorists attacks with rocket shells on residential neighborhoods of Halab al-Jadeda, al-Hamadniya, al-Iza’a, al-Neel Street, the University Campus, al-Ashrafiya and Saif al-Dawla in Aleppo city on Saturday.
A person was injured when terrorists from “Jaish al-Fateh” terror organization opened fire on al-Foaa town in Idleb’s northern countryside.
Local sources told SANA that terrorists located in the neighboring town of Bennesh targeted homes in al-Foaa with heavy machine guns fire, injuring one person and causing material damage to some houses.
Al-Foua’a has been besieged by terrorist organizations for over two years, and terrorists continue to target it with shells and gunfire, claiming the lives of many civilians and injuring many others.
New rebel alliance breaks Aleppo siege
So they say
[Al Arabiya] Rebels in Aleppo have agreed to form a new military alliance headed by “Abu AbdulRahman Nour,” to protect the city they control from the brutal assaults by the regime and its allies.
The new alliance would be called the Aleppo Army and would be led by the commander of the Jabha Shamiya rebel faction, one of the major groups fighting in northern Syria under the Free Syrian Army.
A commander at the Jabha Shamiya told Reuters that the new coalition will help in the centralization of the decision-taking process.
The situation in Aleppo is escalating, with the regime forces seizing more than 40% of Eastern Aleppo, 15 days after the eruption of the massive assault to restore the second biggest city in Syria.
The UN had said that Russia is working on setting up four humanitarian corridors to evacuate the wounded victims and provide medical and food supplies for the trapped civilians in East of Aleppo.
The scene in Aleppo is tragic; dead bodies all around the neighborhoods that are controlled by the opposition after the assaults led by the regime.
The majority have fled the city and those who chose to stay there, are living without the bare necessities.
International reporters and journalists are all describing the situation in Aleppo as hopeless amid the constant attacks from the regime forces.