Syria’s war, now in its sixth year, is raging beyond Aleppo, claiming dozens of lives every day. (Aleppo Media Center via AP, File) Syria’s war, now in its sixth year, is raging beyond Aleppo, claiming dozens of lives every day. Syrian state media said the army and allied forces had taken an area south of Aleppo, severing the sole route left into the eastern neighbourhoods held by the opposition. In early August, rebel forces including Al-Qaeda’s former Syrian affiliate battled regime forces south of the city to open a new route to the east, through Ramussa district. But in recent days regime forces backed by Syrian and Russian war planes launched a counter-offensive.

Source: Indian Express September 04, 2016 22:35 UTC