Syrian Military Prepares For An All-Out Assault On Aleppo

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Syrian Military Prepares For An All-Out Assault On Aleppo

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*Syria Troops 'Preparing For Aleppo Assault' -- BBC* Syrian government forces are reported to be preparing for a major offensive on rebel-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo and its surroundings. A Syrian security source said it would start "in the coming hours or days". Opposition activists in the city told the BBC that military reinforcements, including Hezbollah fighters, had been sent to parts of Aleppo. Government forces backed by Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia Islamist group, last week recaptured the town of Qusair. On Sunday, they retook the last remaining rebel-held ... more »

Hezbollah Forces Prepare To Attack The Syrian City Of Aleppo

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Hezbollah Forces Prepare To Attack The Syrian City Of Aleppo

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*In Syria, Hezbollah Forces Appear Ready To Attack Rebels In City Of Aleppo -- Washington Post* BEIRUT — Thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah militants were massed around the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday, according to rebels and a senior commander in the Lebanese Shiite movement, broadening Hezbollah’s backing of President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and stoking fears of an imminent assault on the city. The commander, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to talk to the media, said there were about 2,000 Hezbollah fighters in Aleppo province, ...more »

Rocket hits Aleppo residential area, multiple casualties reported

 

A large explosion reportedly caused by rockets has hit a central neighborhood of the Syrian city of Aleppo, local state-run television said, blaming the violence on a ‘terrorist group’. A TV report showed a building collapsed into rubble.
The number of casualties was not immediately known, though the TV report showed crowds of people pulling bloodied bodies from the rubble, Reuters said.
A video broadcast on Syrian state TV showed the collapsed floors of the targeted building in a government-controlled area of the city, AP reported.
While state-run news agency SANA generally blames such violence on ‘terrorists,’ a word used by the regime to describe rebel forces, anti-Assad activist groups along with Local Coordination Committees of Syria accused the government of launching the attack.
The latest news from Aleppo coincides with reports from activists in another Syrian city, where an explosion near Al-Husain mosque in Deraa, 
south of Damascus, reportedly caused several deaths and injuries.
The situation in Aleppo has deteriorated in the past few days. On January 15, two rocket explosions hit the University of Aleppo, killing at least 87 people and injuring 160.

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This is so sad! It is a real school tragedy...NOT FAKED...with REAL pictures and real victims! Over 80 dead in two rocket explosions at Aleppo University as students take exams

At least 82 people have been killed and more than 160 injured in two rocket explosions at the University of Aleppo in Syria’s largest city on Tuesday, city officials reported.
According to a Syrian official quoted by SANA, two rocket shells were fired at the university complex.
Aleppo’s governor Mohammed Wahid Akkad called the rocket strikes a “terrorist attack that targeted students on their first day of exams.”
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed two explosions hit the university. The second blast may have been caused by a burning car, though there has been no independent confirmation, Reuters reports.
The university is located in a government-controlled territory.
Aleppo is Syria's largest city and has been fiercely contested between government forces and rebel fighters, who have battled to a stalemate in the strategically important region.
Rebels have previously previously carried out bomb attacks against government targets in the city.
At least 34 people were killed last October after a string of blasts ripped through Aleppo's main square.

A Syrian man stands in the debris following an explosion outside Aleppo University, between the university dormitories and the architecture faculty, on January 15, 2013 (AFP Photo / STR)

Damaged vehicles are seen outside Aleppo University, between the university dormitories and the architecture faculty, following an explosion on January 15, 2013 (AFP Photo / STR)

Syrian's gather at the scene of an explosion outside Aleppo University, between the university dormitories and the architecture faculty, on January 15, 2013 (AFP Photo / STR)

A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), shows people inspecting the scene of an explosion outside Aleppo University, between the university dormitories and the architecture faculty, on January 15, 2013 (AFP Photo / Sana)

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