Syria: Battle for Aleppo city rages
Fighting raged on Sunday close to Aleppo international airport and nearby air bases as the battle for Syria’s second city entered its second year, a monitoring group said.
“Fierce clashes broke out at dawn near Aleppo international airport and Nairab air base,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, also reporting fighting in the Suleiman Halabi district of the city.
The violence in Aleppo comes a year after a massive rebel advance into the provincial capital.
Stalemate has gripped the city ever since, splitting it into rebel-held and government-controlled areas.
Rebels have penetrated the regime-held Rashidin district of New Aleppo in a bid to break the stalemate.