Syria: Syria rebels launch massive attack on Aleppo
Syrian opposition rebels have launched a large-scale attack on regime strongholds in the northern province of Aleppo, killing and wounding some 80 people, a monitoring group says.
“This is the heaviest attack by rebel forces Aleppo has witnessed since two years, as more than 400 shells fell on regime-held areas in Aleppo,” Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told dpa.
The attack late on Thursday came shortly after 13 Islamist brigades, mainly made of the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front, Mujahidi al-Islam, Ahrar al-Sharm and others announced that they have set “a joint military operation room” aimed at liberating Aleppo and its outskirts.
The heavy shelling targeted mainly regime-held areas like al-Zahraa, Khalidiyeh, Ashrafiyeh and al-Nile Street, killing four civilians and wounding more than 70, most of whom suffered serious wounds.