WORLD_ SYRIA_ Battle rages near Aleppo, air onslaught continues

REUTERS

World News | Sat Sep 24, 2016 | 3:42pm EDT

Battle rages near Aleppo, air onslaught continues

VIDEO: Warplanes press attack on rebel-held eastern Aleppo

By Tom Perry | BEIRUT

Syrian government and rebel forces battled for control of high ground on the Aleppo outskirts on Saturday as warplanes bombed the city's opposition-held east relentlessly in a Russian-backed offensive that has left Washington's Syria policy in tatters.

In their first major ground advance of the offensive, the army and its militia allies seized control of the Handarat Palestinian refugee camp, a few kilometers north of Aleppo, only for rebels to counter attack as night fell.

"The fighters are waging ferocious battles because it is a battle of existence," a senior rebel official told Reuters.

Rebels said they had recovered some or all of Handarat, a claim denied by a pro-Damascus militia commander. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the battle was ongoing.

It marks the most significant battle in Aleppo since the army announced a major new offensive to win full control of the city on Thursday, unleashing fierce air strikes that have killed scores of people in the rebel-held east.

The assault on Aleppo, where more than 250,000 civilians are trapped in a besieged opposition sector, could be the biggest battle yet in a civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and driven 11 million from their homes.

READ MORE: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idUSKCN11U0AP

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