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SYRIAN TROOPS ENCIRCLE REBEL STRONGHOLD IN ALEPPO
PanARMENIAN.Net
August 7, 2012 - 16:42 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Syrian rebels trying to fight off an army offensive
in Aleppo said on Tuesday, August 7 they were running low on ammunition
as President Bashar al-Assad's forces encircled their stronghold at
the southern entrance to the country's biggest city, Reuters said.
Assad, dealt another political blow on Monday with the defection of
his prime minister, has reinforced his troops in preparation for an
assault to recapture rebel-held districts of Aleppo after repelling
fighters from most of Damascus.
"The Syrian army is trying to encircle us from two sides of
Salaheddine," said Sheikh Tawfiq, one of the rebel commanders,
referring to the southwestern neighborhood which has seen heavy
fighting over the last week.
Mortar fire and tank shells exploded across the district early on
Tuesday, forcing rebel fighters to take cover in crumbling buildings
and rubble-strewn alleyways.
Tanks have entered parts of Salaheddine and army snipers, using the
cover of heavy bombardment, deployed on rooftops, hindering rebel
movements.
Another rebel commander, Abu Ali, said snipers at the main Saleheddine
roundabout were preventing the rebels from bringing in reinforcements
and supplies. He said five of his fighters were killed on Monday and
20 wounded.
But rebels said they were still holding the main streets of Salaheddine
which have been the frontline of their clashes with Assad's forces.
A fighter jet pounded targets in the eastern districts of Aleppo and
artillery shelling could be heard in the early morning, an activist
in Aleppo said.
"Two families, about 14 people in total, were believed killed when
a shell hit their home and it collapsed this morning," the activist
said. The house was one street away from a school being used by rebels,
he said.
From: Baghdasarian
PanARMENIAN.Net
August 7, 2012 - 16:42 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Syrian rebels trying to fight off an army offensive
in Aleppo said on Tuesday, August 7 they were running low on ammunition
as President Bashar al-Assad's forces encircled their stronghold at
the southern entrance to the country's biggest city, Reuters said.
Assad, dealt another political blow on Monday with the defection of
his prime minister, has reinforced his troops in preparation for an
assault to recapture rebel-held districts of Aleppo after repelling
fighters from most of Damascus.
"The Syrian army is trying to encircle us from two sides of
Salaheddine," said Sheikh Tawfiq, one of the rebel commanders,
referring to the southwestern neighborhood which has seen heavy
fighting over the last week.
Mortar fire and tank shells exploded across the district early on
Tuesday, forcing rebel fighters to take cover in crumbling buildings
and rubble-strewn alleyways.
Tanks have entered parts of Salaheddine and army snipers, using the
cover of heavy bombardment, deployed on rooftops, hindering rebel
movements.
Another rebel commander, Abu Ali, said snipers at the main Saleheddine
roundabout were preventing the rebels from bringing in reinforcements
and supplies. He said five of his fighters were killed on Monday and
20 wounded.
But rebels said they were still holding the main streets of Salaheddine
which have been the frontline of their clashes with Assad's forces.
A fighter jet pounded targets in the eastern districts of Aleppo and
artillery shelling could be heard in the early morning, an activist
in Aleppo said.
"Two families, about 14 people in total, were believed killed when
a shell hit their home and it collapsed this morning," the activist
said. The house was one street away from a school being used by rebels,
he said.
From: Baghdasarian