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Russian military discovers jihadist weapons depot in east Aleppo
2016-12-25
[ALMASDARNEWS] Russian sappers continued mine clearance operations in the recently captured eastern districts of Aleppo, Saturday.

According to the Head of the International Mine Action Centre Igor Mikhailik "a workshop for production of improvised weapons" was found in one of the local schools.

"You saw the improvised missiles, land mines and today we found improvised antipersonnel mines with a direct casualty radius," Mikhailik reported from the site.

SOT, Igor Mikhailik, Head of International Mine Action Centre of the Russian Armed Forces (Russian):

"Russian sappers continue to work in the eastern blocks of the city of Aleppo. First of all, we pay attention to socially important objects. We are in a school that was used as a workshop for the production of improvised weapons by Lion of Islams. You saw the improvised missiles, land mines and today we found improvised antipersonnel mines with a direct casualty radius."

Ammo Depot and Bombs Explode in al-Sukkari Neighborhood in Aleppo, Leaving 2 Dead, 33 Injured
"Volodya! Put that gasper out before [KABOOM!]"
An ammunition depot and several bombs left behind by the terrorist organizations in al-Sukkari neighborhood in Aleppo city went kaboom! on Saturday, leaving two civilians dead.

33 others were also reported injured in the kabooms.

Four of the injured people are at death's door, according to a source at Aleppo Police Command.

The source told SANA news hound that the kabooms happened at Zaki Jumaa Basic Education School and a nearby building in al-Sukkari neighborhood.

The bombs and ammunition deport were left behind by the snuffies before they were recently forced to withdraw from the neighborhood.

Former US-backed rebel group behind east Aleppo massacre

[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army discovered the corpses of 100 soldiers inside a local school on Friday after their forces entered the strategic al-Sukkari District of east Aleppo.

The soldiers were reportedly taken hostage by the jihadist rebels of Harakat Nouriddeen al-Zinki and Harakat Ahrar al-Sham
...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014...
during their four year rule over the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo City.

With the help of several social media users, al-Masdar News was able to identify some of the corpses of the fallen soldiers.
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