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Aleppo) The Syrian Government today made huge inroads on taking back Syria's second city with the capture of a huge track of rebel held Aleppo which they have held for the past 4 years. Here is what the situation looked liked between September and October this year.
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Yellow = Kurds / Red = Government / Green = Rebels |
With the complete encirclement of the rebels, the Syrian Government supported by Russia,Iran and Hezb-allah have quite literally bombed the crap out of the area. which after months of bombardment with no where to go has seen today at least 1/3 of the above rebel held area fall back into the hands of the Government: