![]() ![]() "For an hour and a half, the Free Syrian Army has staged a counter-attack and reclaimed three streets out of five seized by regime forces," he told AFP by telephone. Hours later, rebel commander Wassel Ayyoub said the FSA had launched a counter-attack and retaken part of Salaheddin. He said there was fighting in many districts, but it was concentrated on Salaheddin because of the "great symbolic value for us and the army." "They are using all the weapons at their disposal to attack Salaheddin, including fighter jets, tanks and mortars." "It is true that there is a barbaric and savage attack," he told Agence France Presse via Skype. State television said the "armed forces dealt violent blows to the mercenary terrorists" in Salaheddin, "annihilating most of the terrorists."īut rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) spokesman Colonel Abdel Jabbar al-Oqaidi said: "It is not true the regime army has seized control of the district. It said troops seized a large number of arms. The offensive came as Amnesty International raised concerns about the plight of civilians in Syria's commercial capital and warned both sides they would be held accountable for attacks on residential areas.Įarly in the afternoon, state news agency SANA said "our brave armed forces have taken full control of the district of Salaheddin" and "inflicted heavy losses on groups of armed terrorists, killing or wounding a large number of them."ĭozens of rebels were captured, including foreigners, and others surrendered, SANA said. The rebels promptly denied the claim, acknowledging that a "barbaric and savage attack" on the neighborhood of Salaheddin was under way but later saying they had recaptured much of what they lost. Syria said its troops seized a rebel-held Aleppo district on Wednesday after storming it and "annihilating" most of the insurgents, as a long-threatened ground assault on the key city was launched. ![]()
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