Syria army recaptures key "terrorist/rebel"-held area in Aleppo

The Syrian army and allied fighters fully recaptured a key rebel-held neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday, following intense battles with the "terrorist/rebel" groups, a military source told Xinhua.


The military forces retook the Masaken Hanano area, following battles with the terrorist/rebels' Jaish al-Fateh, or the Army of Conquest, during which assorted kinds of weapons were used amid artillery shelling that targeted the terrorist/rebel' supply lines in the area, the source said on condition of anonymity.

Masaken Hanano is the largest terrorist/rebel-held district in eastern Aleppo, and was also the first area stormed by rebels in mid-2012.

Observers say capturing the Hanano area will expose the Sakhour neighborhood to the Syrian army, enabling it to isolate the northern part of the terrorist/rebel-held areas in eastern Aleppo from the southern one.
 [Xinhua/china]

 26/11/16