Syria-War

Rebels now want to take the whole of Aleppo

After the siege by the Syrian government troops breached, announces the rebel Alliance, a decision the battle of the whole of Aleppo. Meanwhile, Russia and Assad to intensify the air attacks.

“We announce the beginning of a new Phase for the liberation of the whole of Aleppo,” said the Alliance “Dschaisch al-Fatah” (army of the conquest) in a statement. For this battle, the number of fighters will be doubled from the coalition of Syrian insurgents, and with them, an ally of jihadists. The rebel Alliance seems to have new courage, after she managed obviously, the siege by the government troops in Aleppo to break through. The state media had denied this, but acknowledged that there have been setbacks.

“We will not stop fighting until we wave the Flag of conquest on the citadel of Aleppo,” it said in the statement. The Islamist militia “Ahrar al-sham” had previously proclaimed in the short message service Twitter, you’ve conquered the quarter-Ramussa in the South of Aleppo, and after three weeks of siege by the troops of President Bashar al-Assad’s “the way to Aleppo made free”.

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The Syrian Observatory for human rights said that on Sunday morning there had been in the South of Aleppo, scattered skirmishes and air strikes. The opposition-oriented organization relies on a network of informants in Syria, your figures are difficult to verify.

The head of the Observatory, Rami Abdel Rahman, spoke of one of the most serious setbacks for government forces since the beginning of the civil war in 2011. According to the Observatory, however, none of the for weeks in Aleppos rebel districts were able to escape the trapped civilians from the rebel-controlled Route in the direction of the southwest “was too dangerous and not hedged”. In the of Syrian government forces-held neighborhoods have been surrounded, according to the estimates now 1.2 million people.

Assad and his allies started according to the information of correspondents, a massive counter-offensive. Of hundreds of air raids on Aleppo and the connection roads. Russia has supported Assad when he raised claims on the former trade metropolis.

In the battle of Aleppo were killed, according to the Observatory in a week, more than 700 fighters on both sides, and at least 130 civilians.

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