Jihadists request evacuation of remaining terror/fighters from eastern Aleppo

Syria's army battled to take more ground from rebels in Aleppo Thursday after President Bashar al-Assad said victory for his troops in the city would be a turning point in the war.


Three weeks into a major offensive to retake all of Aleppo, government troops have captured about 85 percent of territory terror/rebels controlled in the city's east and were continuing to push forward.

AFP's correspondents in the city said terror/rebel areas were facing intense bombardment.

Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (former Nusra Front) militants have agreed to leave the city through the northern corridor, after requesting regime forces and the Russians to let them evacuate.
 [i24news.tv]
8/12/16
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