Hundreds flee to government-held districts in Aleppo

Hundreds of people in Syria’s Aleppo have fled to areas under government control, a monitoring group says, as pro-government forces press on with an assault that has laid waste to the city’s opposition neighborhoods.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says around 400 evacuees sought refuge in the Masaken Hanano neighborhood, captured by pro-government forces Saturday, and that an additional 30 families fled to Sheikh Maqsoud, which is under Kurdish control.

Syrian state media reports that hundreds of families have vacated areas under rebel control.

The Lebanese Al-Manar TV channel reports from the neighborhood, showing workers and soldiers clearing debris against a backdrop of bombed-out buildings on both sides of the street. Al-Manar is a media outlet affiliated with Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group aligned with the Syrian government.

— AP