A single bomb had trapped four families under the rubble of the same apartment block in the neighbourhood of al-Shar, where locals said the old buildings are easily brought down by ordinary munitions. BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces captured a central rebel-held neighborhood in Aleppo on Tuesday after a week of blistering airstrikes, as a military official vowed that the offensive would continue until insurgents are "wiped out." They advanced on the old city of Aleppo, a former refugee camp in the north captured at the weekend then lost to rebel forces, and in two other districts, opposition forces and state television said.
The Syrian Army clashes with insurgents in the 1070 Apartments district of Aleppo.