Syrian troops capture additional areas of rebel-held Aleppo
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BEIRUT -- Syrian government forces and their allies captured another major eastern Aleppo neighborhood and several smaller areas Monday, putting much of the northern part of the city's besieged rebel-held areas under government control for the first time in four years, state media reported.
Russia's Defense Ministry said the areas captured by Syrian government troops include 12 neighborhoods and over 3,000 buildings in the past few days. It added that Syrian government troops are now controlling 40 percent of the rebel-held parts of the Syrian city of Aleppo.
The ministry added in a statement that more than 100 rebels have laid down their arms and exited the Syrian city's eastern suburbs.
