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Focus: Aleppo - Dec 4, 2016

By bartolo - Posted on 04 December 2016

Syrian army nears Aleppo's Old City, rebels tell U.S. they won't leave - Reuters

Syrian army regains control of access to Aleppo airport - SBS News

MAP: Syrian Army captures 60% of rebel-held Aleppo in the space of a week - almasdarnews.com

Syrian army tells rebels in Aleppo to leave or die - Fox News

Russia seeks full withdrawal of Aleppo rebels - Reuters

Syrian rebel commander recently appointed head of new military alliance 'Aleppo Army' seriously wounded, rebels say - Reuters

Over 2,500 Syrian militants granted amnesty over past week: Russia Reconciliation Center - RT News

Reconciliation agreements signed with 6 Syrian settlements, including two in Hama, two in Latakia, one in Damascus and one in Homs: Russian Defense Ministry - TASS

Syrian Army General Command calls on residents of Aleppo’s secured northeastern neighborhoods to return to their homes - Syrian TV

First buses home for Aleppo residents, traveled directly from the government-held west to recently recaptured neighborhoods in the east - THE DAILY STAR

VIDEO: Buses take residents back to their abandoned east Aleppo homes - YouTube

Russia delivers over 150 tonnes of aid to Aleppo residents - Sputnik

Syrian Army squeezes rebels in Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, as Russia prepares massive aerial campaign - almasdarnews.com

Syrian Army 5th Corps is new Shiite foreign legion: Israeli intelligence source - debka.com

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Kerry: Assad is part of the transition. Ultimately, there is an election and the people of Syria make a decision about the future leadership - Sputnik

VIDEO: Kerry (at 2:20 min): Assad is part of the transition - socialfeed.info

EU offers cash to Assad regime for Syria peace deal, said to have accepted that previous western demands that Assad step down are unrealistic - The Times

Congress authorizes Trump to arm Syrian rebels with anti-aircraft missiles - al-monitor.com

Syria provisions in the FY2017 Defense Bill: House Bill, Senate Bill, Final Bill - al-monitor.com

Rep. Gabbard votes against Defense Bill: It contains the same deeply concerning and dangerous Syria train and equip measures including the transfer of Manpads - Hawaii 24/7

Media silent as House quietly passes possible no-fly zone over Syria - Freedom Outpost

Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2016: Assessment of potential effectiveness of and requirements for the establishment of safe zones or a no-fly zone in Syria - Congress.gov

US and UK explore possibility of aid airdrops to besieged rebel-held eastern Aleppo - The Guardian

Fearing abandonment by Trump, CIA-backed rebels in Syria mull alternatives - The Washington Post

All the rebel forces active in Aleppo have merged into a newly-formed military alliance 'Army of Aleppo' - almasdarnews.com

Lavrov: Creation of 'Army of Aleppo' could just be rebranding of al-Nusra Front - Tasnim News Agency

Ahrar al-Sham and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (formerly al-Nusra) bomb Kurdish district amid mounting violence in Syria's Aleppo - ARA News

Aleppo: Fateh al-Sham (formerly al-Nusra) raids Islam Army's bastion in Kalaseh neighborhood, Aleppo - ZAMAN ALWSL

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