Syrian army captures rebel held east Aleppo

In Syria, the army has announced that it had taken control of two residential districts of the rebel held eastern part of Aleppo. It said, the Government forces and its allies had taken full control of the Jabal Badro and Baadeen districts after capturing Hanano, a neighbouring residential district.

It said, the fighting has now moved to neighbouring districts, including Haidariya and Sakhur. Britain based Syrian observatory for Human Rights has said, about



10,000 civilians have fled eastern Aleppo towards Government held districts and the Kurdish-controlled neighbourhood of Sheikh Maksoud. It said, Government forces are now in control of most of the northern part of Aleppo.

Meanwhile, the Local Coordination Committees activist network in Syria reported that 15 civilians were killed and several others injured in a Russian air strike yesterday on the village of Anjara, controlled by the opposition in western Aleppo.