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| Rebel lose yardage to Syrian regulars in Aleppo |
| 2016-12-06 |
| [ARA News] Aleppo – Syrian regime’s army forces on Monday gained more ground in the battle for Aleppo. The Syrian army and allied militias captured the Qadi Askar neighborhood after heavy clashes with rebel groups. The regime forces are now in control of two-thirds of former rebel territory in eastern Aleppo. “Losing Qadi Askar neighborhood was a new blow to the rebels, who have suffered heavy losses under the regime-led offensive over the last three weeks,” media activist Ali al-Halabi told ARA News in Aleppo. “At least 22 rebel fighters were killed and dozens more injured in Monday’s clashes,” al-Halabi reported. In the meantime, the regime’s forces imposed a siege on the rebel-controlled neighborhood of al-Shaar. Approximately 60% of the formerly rebel-held eastern Aleppo is now under the control of the Syrian regime, according to local sources. Also on Monday, Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have demanded a seven-day truce in Syria’s Aleppo, with Russia arguing it would allow rebels to regroup and that time was needed for talks between Washington and Moscow. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has demanded the rebel factions to withdraw from eastern Aleppo “or they’ll all be treated as terrorists”. Saleh al-Zein, spokesman of the rebel group al-Shamiya Front, told ARA News that they have refused the Russian demand to withdraw from besieged areas of eastern Aleppo. “This is our city and we’ll fight until the last moment,” the rebel spokesman said. “Russia is an occupying force and it has to withdraw from Syria instead of demanding the rebels to leave,” he told ARA News in Aleppo. al-Manar: Syrian Army continues advance in eastern Aleppo Syrian army and allies now holds around two-thirds of Aleppo’s east after taking control of several neighborhoods from Takfiri militants. The allied forces took control of al-Qatarji, Karm al-Tahan and the national hospital in Aleppo’s east, Hezbollah’s Military Media Center reported on Monday. The center said that by this swift advance, the allied forces now hold two-thirds of Aleppo’s eastern neighborhoods. Meanwhile, the center released audio recordings of militant commanders accusing terrorists of Nusra Front and Nour al-Din al-Zinki groups of falling behind in supporting other militants in eastern Aleppo. On the other hand, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported the advance by the Syrian army and allies in eastern Aleppo. The London-based observatory reported that the allied forces seized the Qadi Askar neighborhood after earlier capturing the Karm al-Myessar, Karm al-Qatarji and Karm al-Tahan neighborhoods, according to AFP news agency. The group said the advances left the large Shaar neighborhood effectively encircled by allied forces and in danger of falling from militants’ control. |
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