The Battle For The Syrian City Of Aleppo -- News Updates December 12, 2016



Washington Post: Syrian forces push Aleppo rebels to brink as city nears ‘total collapse’

BEIRUT — Syrian forces in the northern city of Aleppo pinned down rebel fighters to a sliver of territory on Monday as President Bashar al-Assad’s troops appeared close to capturing their biggest battlefield prize and delivering a crushing loss to the opposition.

Taking full control of Aleppo — whose eastern districts were among the last urban strongholds of the rebels — would not end the more than five-year-long conflict that has ravaged Syria and scattered millions of war refugees across the Middle East and Europe.

But Aleppo’s fall would mark a major setback for rebel factions and leave them — and their Western and Arab allies — struggling for ways to keep the anti-Assad rebellion alive.

On social media, some people in the last few rebel-held neighborhoods of Aleppo wondered whether they were posting their final words.

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WNU Editor: The end is near. U.S. attempts to broker a ceasefire/surrender are going nowhere .... Lavrov says US proposals to declare pauses in hostilities in Aleppo lead up blind alley (TASS). And Russian media is accusing the West of being in denial on what is happening on the ground .... West, Gulf States Refuse to Admit Aleppo Dialog Now 'Only About Surrender Terms' (Sputnik).



The Battle For The Syrian City Of Aleppo -- News Updates December 12,

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