Russian Warplanes Pummel Aleppo, Kurds and Syrian Rebels Clash North of City

Fierce clashes broke out this weekend in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, hours after a three-day cease fire ended with Russian and Syrian government warplanes launching waves of airstrikes and rebel militias targeting western districts held by Assad government troops with Grad rockets newly supplied by Gulf backers. While international attention focused on the unfolding offensive on Mosul, the Islamic State’s last major urban stronghold in Iraq, big battles are shaping up in northern...

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