Russian strikes hit Aleppo as rebels take control of Syrian city | BBC News

Rebel forces in Syria have taken control of the "majority" of the country's second-largest city, Aleppo, observers said.

The offensive is the largest against the Syrian government in years and the first time rebels fighting the forces of President Bashar al-Assad have reached Aleppo since being forced out by the army in 2016.

It is thought that more than 300 people - including more than 20 civilians - have been killed since the offensive started on Wednesday.

Overnight, Russia has launched air strikes at rebel targets in the city, and a Kremlin spokesman expressed his support for "the government of Syria to quickly restore order”.

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[moonrei]

The poor people of Aleppo caught in between suffer the most.

[bendlor]

Aleppo has to win the award for best named city in the world

[read.learn.think.]

Shouldn't your headline read "Russia bombs Islamic terrorists who are attacking Aleppo ?".

[epicchannel]

We back calling terrorists rebels again?

[brocast]

I like how they all have new uniforms and equipment. Wonder who gave it to them ??

[TiaraAngelina-cosj]

All I witnessed was that Russia was rooting out Terrorist groups.

[UcheZebulun]

What an irony, the turk are criticizing the Israelis for fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon🇱🇧 and now they are fighting the same Hezbollah in Syria🇸🇾Arab people are very funny🤣

[The_Voice_of_Reason_is_here]

These "Rebels" are more well equipped than regular armies

[najeehouse]

BBC was able to talk to the rebels. Interesting

[zachariahbarber]

Whats the difference between a terrorist and a rebel?

[clauidiastecker-srpf]

Why do you call them rebells, that is misleading!

[OmegazJoker]

Destroying one of the oldest city in the world. This people have no limits.

[FerociousPancake]

The people of Syria have been through enough. They don’t contribute to this at all yet they suffer the most. Would love to visit someday. Syria is so incredibly important to human history.

[stighelmer]

So they are rebels when they attack when they help our "cause", but terrorists when they are not?

We need some change

[jk]

Funny how the fighters including HTS are labelled as "rebels" in the headline and not terrorists or militants, given they were formed from none other than A.Q, a real blast from the past (no pun intended). The timing is interesting too 🧐

[boburhs]

For accuracy rebels are ISIS in the past😂

[WiseSnake]

Folks in the comments are giving the CIA waaaay too much credit considering Turkey is less than 30 miles away.

[Monkeytheluffy]

If it was any other country from NATO, the headline would have "terrorists" in place of "rebels".😂

[fikaa]

How is it that now, when they are attacking the Syrian army, you call these groups rebels, and only until yesterday you called them terrorists?

[rabbitfunnews.]

OMG, use to Aleppo and Siria was so beautiful. Poor people. World got crazy.