- Title: SYRIA: Shelling damages Aleppo suburb
- Date: 8th August 2012
- Summary: BUSTAN AL-QASR, ALEPPO, SYRIA (AUGUST 7, 2012) (AMATEUR VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) SMOKE RISING FROM BUSTAN AL-QASR AND CENTRAL ALEPPO SLABS OF CONCRETE AFTER SHELLING OF BUILDING MAN ASSESSING DAMAGE TO HIS HOUSE MAN WALKING INSIDE DAMAGED BUILDING FRONT PART OF BUILDING DAMAGED AND RUBBLE CLUTTERED ON GROUND PEOPLE WALKING IN STREET MORE OF FRONT PART OF BUILDING DAMAGE
- Embargoed: 23rd August 2012 13:00
- Keywords:
- Location: Syrian Arab Republic
- Country: Syria
- Topics: Conflict
- Reuters ID: LVA2HEVJRPXJ8F1CIQ87YE9K5AT
- Story Text: Amateur video obtained by Reuters shows the aftermath of shelling in the Bustan al-Qasar suburb of Aleppo.
Amateur video obtained by Reuters showed the aftermath of shelling in a suburb of the northern city of Aleppo, the battered rebel stronghold, on Tuesday (August 7).
People assessed the damages to their homes and other buildings as a helicopter gunship flew overhead in the Bustan al-Qasr suburb.
Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad thrust into the city on Wednesday (August 8), forcing defenders to fall back in fierce fighting.
The intensity of the conflict in Syria's biggest city and elsewhere suggests that Assad remains determined to cling to power, with support from Iran and Russia, despite setbacks such as this week's defection of his newly installed prime minister.
Rebels told Reuters they had retreated from Aleppo's Salaheddine district, just 3km away from Bustan al-Qasr.
Nearby checkpoints that had been manned by rebel fighters for the last week had disappeared.
Syrian state television said government forces had pushed into Salaheddine, killing most of the rebels there, and had entered other parts of the city in a fresh offensive.
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