Die gestern vom Westen großangekündigte FSA Rattenoffensive in Aleppo ist nach nicht einmal 24 Stunden vollständig in sich zusammengebrochen. Gestern noch hat man getönt, man werde die syrische Armee noch innerhalb dieser Nacht aus der Stadt jagen.
[Links nur für registrierte Nutzer]Activists said the start of the rebel offensive in Aleppo was announced in calls from mosques at about 16:00 (13:00 GMT) on Thursday.
In interviews with foreign media and videos posted online, members of the Tawhid Brigade said a "decisive" battle for control of the city had begun. The offensive involved hundreds of rebel fighters attacking government positions on several fronts, they added.
"We wanted to surprise the Syrian army which had started to creep forward towards the southern neighbourhoods," Bashir al-Haji, the Tawhid Brigade's commander, told the Guardian newspaper.
Jetzt knapp 24 Stunden später sieht es so aus, dass viele Rattenbrigaden sich zurückgezogen haben, einige gar nicht erschienen sind oder andere von der syrisch-arabischen Armee umzingelt wurden.
[Links nur für registrierte Nutzer]Fighters reached by telephone from Beirut described fierce combat in several neighbourhoods of Aleppo, Syria's commercial hub and the site of a two-month-long stalemate in the conflict.
Armed with machineguns and homemade rockets, they said they faced a difficult task against an enemy hitting them with artillery and fighter jets.
"We reached the middle of Suleiman al-Halibiya and liberated some neighbourhoods so I am still optimistic. But I'm worried about our organisation. We can't force the regime out. At best, I think we can advance some of our positions," one fighter said, requesting anonymity.
Other rebels told Reuters that one of the units fighting in the city had been surrounded. Another said some battalions were pulling out of the front line or had never joined the battle.




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