War damages in one Syrian city Photo: Freedom House / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0
How handed a spokesman for the council, militants iS entrenched in the northern part of the strategically located city and the use of civilians as human shields.
the operation reflection of the city manbij the hands of jihadists began two months ago. It is conducted by Syrian Democratic Forces (FDS), which is the Arab-Kurdish rebel troops, supported from the air by an international coalition led by the US.
On Saturday, Syrian Observatory reported that rebels they took almost complete control of the city.
manbij lies approx. 40 km from the border with Turkey. The aim of the military operation against the occupying them jihadis is primarily to restrict access IS into Syrian territory along the Turkish border, which has long been used as a logistics base for the movement of foreign fighters from Europe.
UN calls for break fighting in Aleppo
the UN has called for an urgent stop fighting in Syrian Aleppo to provide humanitarian aid there. About 2 million people are deprived of electricity and water there. UNICEF warns that the lack of water at the heat wave threatens in particular the development of diseases in children
“humanitarian truce” called the coordinator of the UN. Humanitarian Syria Yacoub El Hillo, and the UN regional coordinator Kevin Kennedy. “The UN is particularly concerned about the dire consequences for millions of civilians in Aleppo, where electrical grids and water supply will not be fixed immediately,” – said in their press release.
the war in Syria
According to the UN 2 million people “live de facto in fear of siege”, with 275 thousand. residents of eastern Aleppo on July 17 is completely encircled by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
In recent intensified fighting in and around Aleppo between government forces and rebels, as well as raids supported by Russian aviation Syrian air force of the districts of the city controlled by the rebels.
(Video – 10 people were killed in a raid on a field hospital in the north-west Syria. Source: Storyful / X-NEWS)
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights launched last week rebel offensive partially interrupted lasted a month blockade of the city; in the south-west of Aleppo still under intense fighting and attacks from the air.
Aleppo is the second largest city in Syria and, until recently, the main center of industry and commerce in the country.
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