Reports: Syrian Troops Seize Rebel-held Aleppo Neighborhood

Syrian troops have seized a central neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo from rebel forces, according to reports on state television and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group. After capturing the neighborhood of Farafra, government forces continued to engage rebel troops in the same area near the famous citadel in Aleppo. A rebel official from an Aleppo-based faction said Syrian and Russian warplanes and artillery pounded a number of areas in and...

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