- Title: Syria presses Aleppo advance, tells rebels to leave
- Date: 2nd October 2016
- Summary: ALEPPO, SYRIA (OCTOBER 2, 2016) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DAMAGED KINDI HOSPITAL SYRIAN GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS IN AREA EXTERIOR OF KINDI HOSPITAL SYRIAN SOLDIER WAVING SYRIAN FLAG ON ROOF ALEPPO, SYRIA (OCTOBER 2, 2016) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (MUTE) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DAMAGE TO HOSPITAL VILLAGES SURROUNDING KINDI HOSPITAL ROAD NEAR HOSPITAL ALEPPO, SYRIA (OCTOBER 2, 2016) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF VILLAGES SURROUNDING HOSPITAL VARIOUS OF DAMAGE TO HOSPITAL
- Embargoed: 17th October 2016 22:34
- Keywords: conflict hospital Syria military
- Location: ALEPPO, SYRIA
- City: ALEPPO, SYRIA
- Country: Syria
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA00152BBHHJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3
Syrian government and allied forces have advanced towards Aleppo, pursuing their week-old offensive to take the rebel-held part of the city after dozens of overnight air strikes.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Syrian military said on Sunday (October 2) that the army and its allies had advanced south from the Handarat refugee camp north of the city, taking the Kindi hospital and parts of the Shuqaif industrial area.
The Syrian army told the insurgents to leave their positions, offering safe passage and aid supplies.
Syrian forces supported by Iranian-backed militias and Russian air power began their push to take the whole of the divided city after a ceasefire collapsed last month.
An air campaign by the Syrian government and its allies has been reinforced by a ground offensive against the besieged eastern half of Aleppo, where insurgents have been holding out. Hospitals have been badly hit in the assault, medics say.
The European Union proposed a new humanitarian plan in coordination with the United Nations for the besieged half of the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday, but said it required cooperation from all parties to the conflict.
The plan aims to deliver medical, water and food aid from EU stocks in government-held western Aleppo to up to 130,000 people in insurgent-controlled eastern Aleppo, and to evacuate urgent medical cases from the area. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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