ALEPPO (Sputnik) – The Syrian army and militia units launched on Sunday a massive offensive on positions of militants in southern Aleppo after having seized strategic heights with an air defense base and a cell phone tower, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
The government troops supported by the Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and air forces are advancing to strategic heights near the 1070 neighborhood. The aim is to cut supplies for militants in the neighborhood.
Militants are said to maintain resistance shelling the Syrian army with mortars.
The offensive was launched several hours after the end of the three-day humanitarian pause when militants as well as civilians were given an opportunity to leave eastern parts of Aleppo.
Militants, however, refused to do that and forced civilians to stay in the besieged part of the city.
