No Script

Please Wait...

Al-Ahed Telegram

Aleppo Battle: Syrian Army Controls More than 90 % of Eastern Side

Aleppo Battle: Syrian Army Controls More than 90 % of Eastern Side
folder_openSyria access_time7 years ago
starAdd to favorites

Local Editor

The Syrian Army units, in cooperation with the supporting forces and allies continued advance in the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo and restored security and stability to the neighborhood of al-Assila to the southeast of Aleppo Citadel and the southeastern part of Karm al-Da'da' neighborhood, a military source said.

Aleppo Battle: Syrian Army Controls More than 90 % of Eastern Side

"The army is now in full control of Sheikh Saeed," Rami Abdel Rahman, the head of the UK-based so-called "Syrian Observatory for Human Rights", he stated early Monday.

The army has been in control of Aleppo's western half. Less than a month ago, it started a wholesale push to drive the militants out of their stronghold in the city's eastern side, making great strides in the process.

The gain, Abdel Rahman said, has pat the army in control of 90 percent of eastern Aleppo.

On Friday, however, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the forces had wrested back 93 percent of the eastern sector. Russia has been lending airpower to the counter-terror push in Syria since last September.

The militants have been carrying out indiscriminate attacks against western Aleppo amid the government's drive to restore its control over the city, the monitor has reported.

According to the group, some 10,000 more civilians have fled Aleppo's militant-held parts to areas controlled by the government during the past 24 hours. The Russian Defense Ministry, however, put the number at over 13,300 in a statement on Monday.

Since the start of the Aleppo battle, some 130,000 people have managed to reach government-controlled parts, the Observatory added.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, 728 militants have laid down their weapons over the past 24 hours and relocated to western Aleppo.

Meanwhile, Daesh [The Arabic Acronym for the terrorist "ISIS"/ "ISIL" group] the most brutal of the terror groups operating in Syria since 2014, has resurfaced in the ancient city of Palmyra in the west-central province of Homs.

The group was driven out of the city back in March after holding it for some 10 months.

Recently, it mobilized more than 4,000 terrorists, according to the official Syrian Arab News Agency, re-entering the city of Palmyra amid fierce clashes with the army.

Homs Governor Talal Barazi has described the Daesh inroad as a "desperate" reaction to the government's recent victories.

Reports on Sunday morning indicated that Daesh attempts to re-enter Palmyra had been reversed.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

Comments