Syrian army seizes major southeast Aleppo district: monitor
Aleppo — The bombardment of rebel-held Aleppo as heard from the government-held zone of the Syrian city is the most intense for days, a Reuters journalist in government-held Aleppo said on Monday. "The bombardment did not stop for a moment overnight," the journalist said, describing it as the heaviest heard since arriving in the government-held sector several days ago. Syria’s army seized a major district on the city’s southeastern edges on Monday, putting it in control of 90% of areas once held by rebels in the city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The monitoring group said forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad seized the Sheikh Saeed district early on Monday after fierce clashes that began the previous afternoon. "The army is now in full control of Sheikh Saeed," observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said. "Syrian regime forces are now in control of 90%" of the one-time rebel areas in Aleppo’s east, he said. This followed reports — denied by Russia — that the US and...
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