The Syrian Defense Forces Cleared the Farafira District from Rebels

World News Nilgun Salim
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The Syrian Defense Forces retook the control over a neighborhood from Aleppo controlled by the rebels, after several days of intense bombing, stated a Syrian militant for AFP.

‘The army regained the control over the Farafira district, after neutralizing numerous terrorists and our special units initiated the process of clearing the neighborhood from mines’, added the source.

The Assad regime believes the word ‘terrorists’ applies to all those who turned their weapons against the authorities, including rebels and Jihadists.

The Farafira district was ruled by the rebels since 2012 when they took over half of the former economic capital of Syria.

‘This mission is part of the military operation announced on Thursday, including the air raid and a mission on the ground, using artillery’, revealed the militant.

The announcement regarding their victory was made after weeks of intense bombing initiated by the Russian aviation in the rebellious areas.

This is the first time since the military mission began when they reported a progress in the old town.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDO) the bombings killed more than 150 people, mostly civilians, since Thursday.

Aleppo has been roughly divided between government control in the west and rebel control in the east since mid-2012, and the frontline has remained largely static despite the continuous violence.

In recent months, government troops have surrounded the eastern portion of the city, laying siege to opposition territory.

Reports also appear that the Syrian army and Hezbollah are advancing from the Aleppo Citadel area towards the Bab Al-Nayrab District, controlled by Fatah Halab.