THE WEST “CAN’T DO ANYTHING”

The rebel official said the outgoing U.S. administration was paying little attention to Syria. The rebel official with one of the main Aleppo rebel groups said the opposition fighters had managed to stabilize new frontlines, but were fighting to stop pro-government militias that sought to advance from the south. Air strikes on Bab al-Nairab, a district in the rebel-held area, killed at least 10 people and left dozens more wounded or missing, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the civil defense rescue service said. Rebels say thousands more have moved deeper into the areas still held by the opposition. “Practically half of the territory occupied by rebels in recent years in the eastern part of Aleppo has been completely liberated.”

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A medic in eastern Aleppo who gave his name as Abu al-Abbas said however there was “intense fear of collective annihilation”. “In the shelter, we had dead people who we couldn’t take out because the bombardment was so intense,” he said.
Government forces and their allies announce plans to capture the remainder of Aleppo before American President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January.