Syrian
government troops and their allies have managed to retake full
control of a neighborhood southeast of Aleppo, which has been turned
into a major frontline in the fight against terrorists.
An
unidentified Syrian military source announced the recapture of the
Sheikh Saeed district on Wednesday. However, the so-called Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights claimed that militant groups still
controlled a third of the neighborhood.
Separately
on Wednesday, Russia expressed its readiness to escort aid agencies
into recently retaken areas of eastern Aleppo. Lieutenant General
Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian military's General Staff said that
despite the announcement, Moscow had not received any requests from
the United Nations or anyone else so far.
Rudskoi also
noted that the Syrian government forces had completely purged
terrorists from the Castello road, which is the only supply line into
militant-held eastern Aleppo. The Russian official further stressed
that his country’s air force had not conducted anti-terror
airstrikes on Aleppo over the past 44 days.
Syria has
been gripped by deadly foreign-sponsored militancy for over five
years. The situation in Aleppo is of particular concern as the city
remains divided between government forces in the west and terrorists
in the east.
Since last
September, Russia has been conducting an aerial campaign against
Daesh and other terror outfits in Syria at the Damascus government’s
request.
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