BEIRUT: Pro-regime forces overran a strategically important district on the outskirts of the Syrian city of Aleppo on Thursday, sealing off desperate residents in opposition-held neighbourhoods.
The government advance in Ramussa has completely closed access routes into Aleppo’s rebel-controlled east, under renewed siege since Sunday by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
Government forces and allied fighters "retook full control of the Ramussa district after ferocious clashes with rebels, Islamist fighters, and jihadist groups," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said the capture of Ramussa on the city’s southern outskirts followed the arrival of reinforcements of Iraqi and Iranian pro-government militiamen this week.
09-09-2016, 05:00 AM
Syria regime retakes Aleppo district from rebels
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