Syria presses Aleppo advance, tells rebels to leave

Reuters ^ | October 2nd, 2016 | By Lisa Barrington | BEIRUT

[Mariner]

Syrian government and allied forces advanced north of Aleppo, pressing their week-old offensive to take the insurgent-held, eastern part of the city after dozens of overnight air strikes.

The Syrian army told rebels to leave the area, offering safe passage and aid supplies.

The Syrian military, supported by Iranian-backed militias and Russian air power, began their push to take the whole of the divided city after a ceasefire collapsed last month. The assault has nearly destroyed eastern Aleppo's healthcare system, the U.N said.

An air campaign by the Syrian government and its allies was reinforced by a ground offensive targeting the besieged eastern half of the city where insurgents have been holding out.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Syrian military said the army and its allies had advanced south from the Handarat refugee camp north of Aleppo city, which they took earlier this week, taking the Kindi hospital and parts of the Shuqaif industrial area.

Air strikes and shelling continued on Sunday, the Observatory said.

[Mariner]

The US under Obama has allied itself with Jihadi head choppers who set up HQ and weapons depots under hospitals and schools.

Then western media run with the story that Syria and the Russians are killing civilians by bombing hospitals.

We used to laugh at that complaint against Israel and we should laugh now.

[butlerweave]

Obama will send planes to save them

[Sacajaweau]

Geeez.....The US told the rebels to leave two weeks ago.

[AC Beach Patrol]

Agree 100%. My prayers are with R+6. Wipe out the jihadis!

[PIF]

“Obama will send planes to save them” and the Russians will send planes to defend them ...

[BobL]

“he US under Obama has allied itself with Jihadi head choppers who set up HQ and weapons depots under hospitals and schools.”

Unfortunately for the terrorists, the Russians don’t play the same rules that we and Israel are forced to play by. In the eyes of the West, the Russians became the bad guys once they told gays to stop recruiting children. At this point, public opinion probably doesn’t matter much to them anymore.

[Tallguy]

3rd world armies basically suck. (This goes for ISIS too.) If they don’t have gobs of air support they basically can’t accomplish much of anything. The Russians are providing that firepower for Assad.