Syria envoy
Syrian rebels launch Aleppo counter-attack to break siege
The assault was mainly focused on the city’s western edge by rebels based in the countryside outside Aleppo.
The Syrian government launched an assault to capture rebel-held areas of Aleppo last month with Russian.
The army said it was reducing its air strikes to alleviate the humanitarian situation.
The Syrian army told the insurgents to leave their positions, offering safe passage and aid supplies.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government forces had built on the Handarat advance.
Moscow and Damascus launched a campaign to recapture the rebel-held sector of Syria’s biggest city.
The Syrian military announced the major new offensive against the area on Thursday night.
The assault on Aleppo could be the biggest battle yet in a civil war that has killed over 400,000 people.
Video images filmed by residents showed a young girl screaming as rescuers frantically dug her out of rubble.
An organisation that monitors the war also said the Syrian army had begun moving away.
The ceasefire marks the biggest bet yet by Washington that it can work with Moscow to end the war.
New footage emerged of civilians choking in the aftermath of an apparent attack with poison chlorine gas.
Mosul is the largest urban center under the militants’ control & had a pre-war population of 2 million.
Russia deployed warplanes to Syria to support Bashar al-Assad against rebels seeking to end his rule.
Military officials from the two countries reached the agreement at a video conference.
Putin said the most important thing for Syria was not for Assad to retake every inch of territory.
A Syrian opposition council said on Wednesday it will not attend the negotiations in Geneva.
Former UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi says Syria is descending into a Somalia-styled state run by warlords.
The announcement came at the start of a visit to Washington by a Syrian opposition delegation.