Syrian rebels broke through a regime-imposed siege on eastern Aleppo Saturday, a major step toward providing some 300,000 civilians with badly needed humanitarian aid and medicine. As evening approached, rebel fighters were battling to take more ground from regime forces and create a wider opening that couldn't be easily bombed or cut off, said Ahmad Kura Ali, a spokesman with the Islamist Ahrar al-Sham group, which is taking part in...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 06, 2016 17:26 UTC