Syrian Army Moves into Key Aleppo District
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Syrian tanks penetrated a rebel-held district of Aleppo Wednesday as the rebels have abandoned their positions in a district that has been a frontline of fighting in recent days.
"We have retreated, get out of here," a lone rebel fighter yelled at Reuters journalists as they arrived on Wednesday in the Salaheddine district. A checkpoint that had been manned by rebel fighters for the last week had disappeared.
A Syrian government security source told Lebanon's al-Manar television that Syrian forces were now in control of the Salaheddine district.
Syrian tanks pushed through the district, sparking some of the most intense fighting seen since the uprising began in March 2011, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
"The regime forces advanced into al-Malaab Street with tanks and armored vehicles and fierce fighting is now taking place in the area," Wassel Ayub, a commander in the so-called "Free Syrian Army", told AFP.
The advance comes a day after President Bashar al-Assad vowed to "purge the country of terrorists and to fight the terrorists without respite."
Al-Assad also said last week that the "fate of our people and our nation, past, present and future, depends on this battle," underscoring the significance of the fighting of Aleppo.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
Syrian tanks penetrated a rebel-held district of Aleppo Wednesday as the rebels have abandoned their positions in a district that has been a frontline of fighting in recent days.
"We have retreated, get out of here," a lone rebel fighter yelled at Reuters journalists as they arrived on Wednesday in the Salaheddine district. A checkpoint that had been manned by rebel fighters for the last week had disappeared.
A Syrian government security source told Lebanon's al-Manar television that Syrian forces were now in control of the Salaheddine district.
Syrian tanks pushed through the district, sparking some of the most intense fighting seen since the uprising began in March 2011, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
"The regime forces advanced into al-Malaab Street with tanks and armored vehicles and fierce fighting is now taking place in the area," Wassel Ayub, a commander in the so-called "Free Syrian Army", told AFP.
The advance comes a day after President Bashar al-Assad vowed to "purge the country of terrorists and to fight the terrorists without respite."
Al-Assad also said last week that the "fate of our people and our nation, past, present and future, depends on this battle," underscoring the significance of the fighting of Aleppo.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
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