Syrian Army Retakes 6 Terrorist-Held Areas in Aleppo
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Syrian military forces retook a third of terrorist-held territory in Aleppo, while nearly 10,000 civilians fled the area amid the operation for retaking Syria's second city.
In a major breakthrough in the push to retake the whole city, government forces captured six terrorist-held districts of eastern Aleppo over the weekend, including Masaken Hanano, the biggest of those in eastern Aleppo, AFP reported.
On Sunday, the 13th day of the operation, they also took control of the adjacent neighborhoods of Jabal Badra and Baadeen and captured three others, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Inzarat, Al-Sakan al-Shaabi and Ain al-Tall have all returned to government hands and troops have made large forays into Sakhur and nearby Haidariya, the monitor said.
It said the Syrian military forces are "in control of most of the northern part" of Aleppo.
"The rebels have lost at least 30 percent of the territory they once controlled in Aleppo," Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said.
Syria has been gripped by civil war since March 2011 with various terrorist groups, including Daesh (also known as ISIS or ISIL), currently controlling parts of it.
According to a report by the Syrian Center for Policy Research, the conflict has claimed the lives of over 470,000 people, injured 1.9 million others, and displaced nearly half of the country’s pre-war population of about 23 million within or beyond its borders.
