The Battle For The Syrian City Of Aleppo -- News Updates December 4, 2016

Reuters: Rebels tell U.S. they won't leave Aleppo; army sees operation over in weeks

Rebels in Aleppo have told the United States they will not leave their besieged enclave in the city after Moscow called for talks with Washington over their withdrawal, signaling they will fight on even as their top commander was wounded.

A Syrian military source said the army aimed to take full control of Aleppo within weeks, after seizing swathes of the city's rebel-held east in an advance poised to deal a major blow to the rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad.

With more than 30,000 people uprooted by the latest fighting, residents who fled eastern Aleppo for government-held areas early in the war began returning to the Hanano district recently captured from the rebels to inspect their homes.

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The Battle For The Syrian City Of Aleppo -- News Updates December 4, 2016

Fierce fighting in Syria's Aleppo as army advances -- AFP
Intense Syrian bombing pounds besieged rebel-held Aleppo -- ABC News Online
Syrian army tells

rebels in Aleppo to leave or die -- AP
Rebel Commander: Aleppo Fighters Will Not Surrender Eastern Sector -- VOA
Syrian rebel commander in Aleppo seriously wounded, rebels say -- Reuters
Syrian rebels weakened in Aleppo battle by their own divisions -- Reuters
Syrian forces tighten grip on besieged Aleppo -- Al Jazeera
Aleppo siege: Syria rebels lose 50% of territory -- BBC
Assad's forces retake half of rebel-held Aleppo -- UPI
More than 52% of East Aleppo now under control of Syrian army – Russian MoD -- RT
Syrian forces seize half of Aleppo's east from rebels -- Al Jazeera
Rebels vow not to leave Aleppo as regime presses on -- Al Arabiya
Infighting among Syrian rebels has strengthened pro-Assad forces in Aleppo -- Reuters
Syrian war: CNN goes inside Aleppo under airstrikes -- CNN
Syria: Thousands of Aleppo's Displaced Pack Market Shelter -- AP
Fleeing Aleppo fighting, Syrians describe terrifying choices -- Reuters
No more room for the dead as Syria's Aleppo is crushed -- AP