Alwaght- Syrian national army has liberated 60 percent of the regions previously controlled by militant and terrorist groups in Aleppo.
The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday that the militant groups have lost more grounds on the eastern parts of the northern city of Aleppo as the army closes in on them.
The Syrian army and allied forces have captured large areas of terrorist-held eastern Aleppo in the last week in a large-scale campaign.
The Britain-based Observatory and a Syrian military source said the army had built on its gains by capturing the Tariq al-Bab district late on Friday. The group’s director Rami Abdulrahman said the total area lost by the rebels was "easily 60 percent".
Foreign-backed militants amassed in the city’s eastern side in 2012. The government has been controlling its west and fighting to retake the east.
The official Syrian Arab News Agency said the military had also wrested back control over the Karam Al-Qaterji, Jazmati, and Halwaniyah neighborhoods in eastern Aleppo. An unspecified number of the militants were killed in the operations.
The government’s advances have taken by surprise many of the foreign states that have been channeling financial and military support to the militants since the onset of the foreign-backed militancy in Syria in 2011.
Amid the victories, some countries, including France, have called for the implementation of a ceasefire in Aleppo, citing a need for secure corridors for the transfer of humanitarian assistance to the city.
