Syria: Assad Regime Launches 'Savage And Barbaric' Assault On Aleppo -- The Telegraph
Fighting is raging in the Salaheddin district of Aleppo as rebels pull back from their positions and the Syrian army mounts a "savage and barbaric" assault to seize back control of Syria's largest city.
The Syrian army has claimed that it is back in control of the beseiged district, a rebel stronghold, but the Syrian Observatory said the fighting was continuing.
"Fighting is still raging in the district of Salaheddin and there are initial reports of many dead," said for Human Rights. "It is impossible to document the casualties because of the ferocity of the clashes," said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman.
A Syrian security official told AFP that the worst fighting was focused on two main streets in the district.
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