Shells fired by Syrian rebel groups have killed at least 28 civilians in southwestern districts of the battleground city of Aleppo over the last 24 hours, a monitor said.
Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said those killed on Monday "included six children and eight women" in two government-controlled neighbourhoods of divided Aleppo.
He said dozens of people were also wounded.
The city's southern edges have been ravaged by intense fighting in recent days as rebels seek to ease a government siege and cut off the government's own access route into the rest of the northern province.
A rebel alliance that includes the Jabhat Fatah al-Sham group - which was formerly the al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front - and the Ahrar al-Sham group said it had taken army positions in the southwestern government-held parts of the city within the first few hours of launching a battle to break the siege imposed on rebel-held areas.
Al Jazeera's Milad Fadel, who is embedded with Syrian rebels on the edge of western Aleppo, said government forces have been preparing for an extended assault.
"Regime forces have several lines of defence protecting Aleppo's western neighbourhoods. This battle could last several days, or maybe even weeks," he said...
[aljazeera.com]
2/8/16
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Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said those killed on Monday "included six children and eight women" in two government-controlled neighbourhoods of divided Aleppo.
He said dozens of people were also wounded.
The city's southern edges have been ravaged by intense fighting in recent days as rebels seek to ease a government siege and cut off the government's own access route into the rest of the northern province.
A rebel alliance that includes the Jabhat Fatah al-Sham group - which was formerly the al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front - and the Ahrar al-Sham group said it had taken army positions in the southwestern government-held parts of the city within the first few hours of launching a battle to break the siege imposed on rebel-held areas.
Al Jazeera's Milad Fadel, who is embedded with Syrian rebels on the edge of western Aleppo, said government forces have been preparing for an extended assault.
"Regime forces have several lines of defence protecting Aleppo's western neighbourhoods. This battle could last several days, or maybe even weeks," he said...
[aljazeera.com]
2/8/16
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