Syrian "rebels" stormed a major army artillery base in the northern city of Aleppo on Friday to try to end the siege of opposition-held areas, but the Syrian army said it had repelled the attack and killed hundreds of insurgents.
A quarter of a million civilians still live in Aleppo’s opposition-controlled eastern neighbourhoods, effectively under siege since the army, aided by Iranian-backed militias, cut off the last road into rebel districts in early July.
Fighters from a coalition of Islamist rebel groups called "Jaish al Fateh" that includes Jabhat Fateh al Sham, the former al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front, Ahrar al Sham and other smaller groups, said they had taken the main fortress-like artillery academy in the Ramousah quarter in southwestern Aleppo.
They were now fighting to take the other military academies adjoining the artillery base that are among the country’s largest......http://www.france24.com/en/20160806-syrian-islamist-rebels-storm-key-aleppo-artillery-base-siege
6/8/16
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A quarter of a million civilians still live in Aleppo’s opposition-controlled eastern neighbourhoods, effectively under siege since the army, aided by Iranian-backed militias, cut off the last road into rebel districts in early July.
Fighters from a coalition of Islamist rebel groups called "Jaish al Fateh" that includes Jabhat Fateh al Sham, the former al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front, Ahrar al Sham and other smaller groups, said they had taken the main fortress-like artillery academy in the Ramousah quarter in southwestern Aleppo.
They were now fighting to take the other military academies adjoining the artillery base that are among the country’s largest......http://www.france24.com/en/20160806-syrian-islamist-rebels-storm-key-aleppo-artillery-base-siege
6/8/16
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- Fierce clashes raging between army units and terrorists in southern Aleppo (SANA)
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