A major Syrian opposition body announced today (August 6, 2016) that rebels have broken a devastating government siege of the battered city of Aleppo after a week of fierce fighting, according to the AFP (Agence France-Presse) website.
An alliance of rebels, Islamists, and jihadists has fought since July 31 to end a three-week-long siege by government forces of Aleppo's eastern districts.
"Rebels break Aleppo's siege," wrote the Istanbul-based National Coalition on Twitter.
The Islamist faction Ahrar al-Sham also said on Twitter that rebels had regained control of Ramussa on the southwestern edges of the city and thereby "opened the route to Aleppo."
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