Syrian army and allies make gains in Aleppo
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Syrian army captured the Dahiyet al-Assad district of western Aleppo on Saturday, reversing all the gains made by rebels two weeks into their counter-attack against government-held areas, a war monitor and rebel official said. State television said the army swept the suburban area for landmines after regaining full control.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based war monitor, said the army and its allies made several advances on the divided city's western edge this week, hampering the rebel offensive to break the siege on opposition-held districts.
Syrian government forces also took Minian village and nearby positions, which were captured by rebels last month, the Observatory said.
