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Syrian opposition: rebels break Aleppo siegeA major Syrian opposition body announced on Saturday that rebel fighters have broken a devastating government siege of the battered city of Aleppo after six days of fierce battles.“Rebels break Aleppo’s siege,” wrote the Istanbul-based National Coalition on Twitter. The Islamist faction Ahrar al-Sham also confirmed on Twitter that a rebel advance had “opened the route to Aleppo.”A monitor said earlier that a Syrian coalition of rebels on Saturday seized key positions south of Aleppo as they press a major offensive to break the government siege of the city.“The Army of Conquest on Saturday took control of the armament school, where there is a large amount of ammunitions, and a large part of the artillery school” at a military academy south of the city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.A quarter of a million civilians still live in Aleppo’s opposition-controlled eastern neighborhoods, effectively under siege since the army, aided by Iranian-backed militias, cut off the last road into rebel districts in early July.Continued: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/08/06/Syrian-rebels-storm-Aleppo-artillery-base.html
It's amazing if the Rebels could break that stronghold, considering the Syrian Government, their allies have been blocking the road. Of course, the Syrian Regime is backed by Russian airstrikes.
