Syrian rebels set eyes on divided Aleppo

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https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oFUifoBpqhcgu7mFWfj_yA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-06-20T111742Z_2_LYNXMPEB5I0TE_RTROPTP_2_MIDEAST-CRISIS-SYRIA.JPG (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/syrian-rebels-set-eyes-divided-aleppo-111742889.html)By Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Sylvia Westall and Tom Perry AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian insurgents say they have begun a campaign to capture full control of the divided city of Aleppo, Syria's most populous city before it become a main battleground in its four-year-old civil war. Neither side has been able to control Syria's main commercial hub, 50 km from Turkey, since battle erupted there in 2012, turning its UNESCO-listed historic center into a ruin. The prospect of a rebel offensive in the city is a stark sign of the turn of momentum against President Bashar al-Assad's government, which has lost swathes of territory to fighters in recent months in the **rthwest, east and south of the country.




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