This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38233962
The article has changed 12 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 1 | Version 2 |
|---|---|
| Aleppo battle: Syria rebels 'withdraw from old city' | Aleppo battle: Syria rebels 'withdraw from old city' |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| Syrian rebels have left the last areas they held in Aleppo's old city, an activist monitoring group has said. | Syrian rebels have left the last areas they held in Aleppo's old city, an activist monitoring group has said. |
| The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the pull-back came after days of heavy fighting, as government forces moved to split the remains of the rebel enclave in Syria's second city. | The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the pull-back came after days of heavy fighting, as government forces moved to split the remains of the rebel enclave in Syria's second city. |
| The rebels have held the area around the ancient citadel for four years. | The rebels have held the area around the ancient citadel for four years. |
| The Syrian military now holds about 75% of eastern Aleppo and is seeking to control the whole city. | |
| State news agency Sana said the military had taken two districts north of the ancient citadel - Aghiur and Bab al-Hadid. | |
| The SOHR said remaining rebel-held areas in the south-east of the city came under heavy artillery fire overnight. | |
| At least 15 people were killed in government bombardments on Tuesday. it added. | |
| Tens of thousands of civilians are still trapped in the last of the rebel-held districts. | Tens of thousands of civilians are still trapped in the last of the rebel-held districts. |
| The BBC's Lyse Doucet in Aleppo says officials there are preparing for another exodus, as families try to flee under fire in an extremely dire situation. | The BBC's Lyse Doucet in Aleppo says officials there are preparing for another exodus, as families try to flee under fire in an extremely dire situation. |
| Food supplies are exhausted and there are no functioning hospitals after months of heavy bombardment. | Food supplies are exhausted and there are no functioning hospitals after months of heavy bombardment. |
| Meanwhile the Russian defence ministry reported that a Russian military adviser in Syria had been killed by rebel artillery fire. | Meanwhile the Russian defence ministry reported that a Russian military adviser in Syria had been killed by rebel artillery fire. |
| Col Ruslan Galitsky died of his wounds several days after the attack, on a residential area of government-held western Aleppo, it said. |