By Joshua Landis
"Reports from friends inside suggest that Aleppo is falling to rebel troops. Both
major Christian areas – al-Syriaan al-Jadide and al-Syriaan al-Qadime have
fallen. The regime’s largest Mukhabarat station is in the second area. FSA
sharpshooters have gone to the tops of all buildings in these areas with no
government opposition. The major Kurdish neighborhood – Ashrafiya – gave no
resistance. The government had been counting on the Kurds to hold back the FSA
fighters. If opposition troops can hold these neighborhoods in the center of
town, it is bad news for the government. Regime seems to have cut it loose....."
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