Syria’s rebels lose all of the northern neighborhoods of their stronghold in east Aleppo, as the army makes significant advances in its offensive to recapture the entire city.
The regime gains have prompted an exodus of thousands of desperate civilians, some fleeing to districts held by the government or Kurdish forces, others heading south into areas still under opposition control.
“The situation is disastrous,” says Ibrahim Abu Al-Leith, a spokesman for the White Helmets rescue group in the Ansari neighborhood.
Syrian pro-government forces gather in front of a water pumping station in the Suleiman al-Halabi neighborhood of Aleppo on November 28, 2016, after they took control of the area from rebel fighters. (AFP PHOTO/GEORGE OURFALIAN)
“There is mass displacement and morale is in the gutter,” he said, his voice cracking with emotion.
“People are sleeping in the streets. They don’t have anything to eat or drink, but neither do we,” he says.
The loss of eastern Aleppo would be a potentially devastating blow to Syria’s rebels, who seized the area in 2012. The opposition has steadily lost territory since Russia began an intervention to bolster President Bashar Assad in September 2015.
— AFP
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