Syrian regime seizes another rebel area of Aleppo — Russia

The Russian military says Syrian government forces have seized another district in eastern Aleppo, further squeezing a small remaining rebel enclave.

The military’s Center for Reconciliation in Syria says the Syrian troops retook the Sukkari quarter, reducing the area still under rebel control to 2.5 square kilometers (less than a square mile).

A ceasefire deal between the rebels and the Syrian government that was to allow the evacuation of rebels and civilians from eastern Aleppo effectively collapsed earlier today, with the government and the rebels blaming each other for its failure.

The Russian military says the Syrian government forces were observing the ceasefire, but the rebels fired at a convoy that was to carry the evacuees to the rebel-held Idlib province at dawn.

— AP