Syria rushes troops to Aleppo to fight rebels

Dozens of government tanks converged on Syria's largest city Wednesday as President Bashar Assad marshaled his forces to stamp out a five-day rebel fight to wrest Aleppo from the regime's grasp.

"We are expecting a big attack on Aleppo," local activist Mohammed Saeed said via Skype, explaining that some 80 tanks had been spotted in the countryside being hauled by flatbed trucks towards the city. "People are worried they might be hit by random shelling and are fleeing." (AP)