[Iran Press TV] Syrian security forces have regained control of the main square of the Mashhad district of Aleppo...For centuries, Aleppo was Greater Syria's largest city and the Ottoman Empire's third, after Constantinople and Cairo. Although relatively close to Damascus in distance, Aleppans regard Damascenes as country cousins...
, Press TV reports.
The Syrian Army pushed out foreign-backed cut-throats in the area early on Saturday morning.
Syrian troops also foiled two attempted bombings in the city's Bab al-Nairab district as part of a major military operation to clear the flashpoint city of gangs on Friday.