- Title: 'Weapons factory' found in east Aleppo - Syrian army
- Date: 6th December 2016
- Summary: HANANO DISTRICT, EAST ALEPPO, SYRIA (DECEMBER 6, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS EXTERIOR OF 'WEAPONS FACTORY' SYRIAN ARMY SOLDIERS MORTARS ON GROUND SYRIAN SOLDIERS SANDBAGS WALL MORTARS ON GROUND AL-SAKHOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD, EAST ALEPPO, SYRIA (DECEMBER 6, 2016) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF REBEL FIELD HOSPITAL VARIOUS BAG WITH WRITING READING (English): 'GAS' GALLON CONTAINER LABEL ON CONTAINER READING (English): 'TOXIC' VARIOUS OF CONTAINERS ON THE GROUND SOLDIER WALKING SIGN ON JACKET READING (Arabic): 'NATIONAL SAUDI CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT BROTHERS IN SYRIA' GRAFFITI ON WALL POSTER READING (French): 'FOR A FREE SYRIA' VARIOUS OF T-SHIRTS WITH SAUDI CAMPAIGN LOGO HEAVILY DAMAGED VEHICLE VARIOUS OF DESTROYED AMBULANCE DAMAGED VEHICLES VARIOUS OF DAMAGED AMBULANCES SIGN READING (English): 'AID 4 SYRIA' SIGN FOR ALEPPO CITY MEDICAL COUNCIL MEDICINE BOXES ON FLOOR VARIOUS OF DAMAGED SHELVES GRAFFITI ON WALL READING (Arabic) 'NUSRA' DAMAGED HOSPITAL STRETCHER CLOTHING ON FLOOR MEDICAL BAG ON FLOOR
- Embargoed: 21st December 2016 18:59
- Keywords: Hanano Al-Sakhour Syrian army weapons factory
- Location: ALEPPO, SYRIA
- City: ALEPPO, SYRIA
- Country: Syria
- Reuters ID: LVA0015BQZX3B
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The Syrian army said it found what it called a 'weapons factory' in the east Aleppo district of Hanano on Tuesday (December 6), where mortars and chemical materials were allegedly being used by rebel forces.
Syrian army engineers said they believed the chemical elements were put in mortars before being fired.
The army said in a statement two weeks ago it had, alongside its allies, taken full control over the Hanano housing district, which is on the northeast frontline of the eastern sector.
In the east Aleppo neighbourhood of al-Sakhour, the army said found a bombed field hospital equipped with six Turkish ambulances and a large amount of medicine.
Video showed damaged ambulances outside the building and boxes of medicines, clothing and equipment strewn inside.
Last week, Syrian state TV said the army and its allies had seized the key neighbourhood, citing a military source.
The rebels, who controlled large parts of eastern Aleppo for nearly five years, have lost around two thirds of their territory in the city over the past two weeks.
The government now appears closer to victory in the city than at any point since 2012, the year after rebels took up arms to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad in a war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people, made more than half of Syrians homeless and created the world's worst refugee crisis. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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