SYRIAN rebels said on Tuesday that they had repelled an army offensive in southern Aleppo as Russian and Syrian warplanes pounded residential areas, while other nations spoke of rebuilding the peace process.US Secretary of State John Kerry, who announced on Monday that Washington was suspending talks with Moscow due to Russia’s role in the offensive, said peace efforts must carry on.Turkey, long one of the main foes of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but which has lately repaired its damaged ties with his ally Russia, said it planned to make a proposal to Washington and Moscow to resurrect a ceasefire that collapsed in September.But on the ground there was no sign of peace with potentially the biggest and most decisive battle of the five-and-a-half year war unfolding as progovernment forces sought to driveanti-Assad rebels from their last major urban stronghold.Assad’s government, with Russian air support and Iranian ground forces, launched the assault on Aleppo in September, a wee...
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