By Laila Bassam and Lisa Barrington ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army and its allies are in the "last moments before declaring victory" in Aleppo, a Syrian military source said, after rebel defenses collapsed on Monday, leaving insurgents in a tiny, heavily bombarded pocket of ground. A Reuters journalist in the government-held zone said the bombardment of rebel areas of the city continued non-stop on Monday, and a civilian trapped there described the situation as resembling "Doomsday". "The battle in eastern Aleppo should end quickly.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-general-says-aleppo-offensive-final-stages-021713828.html

This entry was posted on Monday, December 12th, 2016 at 9:17 pm and is filed under World. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.