Aleppo Battle: Syrian Army Liberates More Districts, Seizes Militant Command Center
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Syrian army reclaimed five more districts in the eastern part of Aleppo, the Russian Center for Reconciliation said. Meanwhile, some reports suggested that up to 85 percent of the area, previously controlled by the militants, has now been liberated.
"By the evening of December 6, the Syrian army established full control over five more neighborhoods in eastern Aleppo," the Reconciliation Center said in a statement on Tuesday.
This puts the number of eastern Aleppo neighborhoods liberated from militants in the recent offensive by government forces to 35, it said.
According to Syrian state news agency SANA, the Syrian army inflicted "heavy losses" upon militants in five neighborhoods and forced many to flee. The army also reportedly prevented a planned car bomb attack on a military post, which allegedly had been intended to boost the "deteriorating morale of the terrorists."
Aleppo has been split between the Syrian government and militant factions since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011.
Since operations to liberate the eastern districts of Aleppo in mid-November began, the Syrian army has made successful advances and now controls 65 percent of the city, the military said.
Meanwhile, according to Almasdar news, by Tuesday night the government was in control of up to 85 percent of Eastern Aleppo.
According to the Russian side, a strategic area with a fortified medical facility was claimed by Syrian troops during fierce fighting in the Balalat neighborhood on Tuesday. Militants turned the hospital complex into a large command post more than a year ago. It had artillery positions, which provided the terrorists with full fire control of two nearby highways and facilitated the shelling of residential areas in the western part of Aleppo.
The fortified hospital building also reportedly contained a large ammunition depot for the production of improvised missiles, used in the shelling of government-held areas.
The advances of the Syrian army allowed more than 302 civilians to move from eastern districts to Aleppo's safe areas. It also provided for the return of 1,100 people to their homes in liberated areas during the last 24 hours. "All of them have been provided with hot meals, medical care... and warm clothes," the statement said.
Ten militants, who opted to lay down arms and surrender, were granted amnesty in accordance with a decision made by Syrian President Bashar Assad.
In the meantime, those terrorists who reject Damascus' and Moscow's calls to withdraw from the city have intensified the shelling of civilian areas in eastern Aleppo.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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