Since then, Syrian and Russian air bombardments of insurgent-held neighborhoods in Aleppo have left dozens of people dead.
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The activists and the websites reported on Monday that the rebels and militants retreated from positions they seized near a cement factory a day earlier on the southwestern outskirts of the city.
“In the eastern part of Aleppo, people are hostages”, he said, accusing the rebels of planting bombs along escape routes established by Russian Federation and of staging executions.
Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoygu said on Monday that Moscow is cooperating with Washington to try work out a peace settlement to Syria and tackle the situation in the embattled northern city of Aleppo.
Russia and the USA are set to begin joint military actions in Syria’s Aleppo, targeting militants, according to comments by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu cited by Russian news agencies.
Late on Sunday, ISIS claimed a suicide bombing on a bus in Syria near the Atmeh border crossing with Turkey that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said killed at least 32 people.
However, a USA official said that discussions with the Russians are still ongoing and no agreement is close.
Syrian opposition outlet Orient News, quoting local activists, said the attack occurred outside a refugee camp on the Syrian side of the border.
The Syrian government describes all armed groups fighting to topple Assad as terrorists. People live in a state of fear.
On Monday, the International Committee for the Red Cross called the battle for Aleppo “one of the most devastating urban conflicts in modern times”.
In the mean time Washington has said after Manbij the next target is Raqqa, the de facto capital of the jihadists.
Meanwhile, fighting for control of Aleppo has intensified in recent weeks and rebel groups have made gains against government forces.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov of Russian Federation said he was aware that the three-hour pauses in Aleppo fighting could not address what outside aid groups have described as a desperate need for basic relief supplies.
According to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov in an interview with RIA, Iran, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia should “sit down at the table and negotiate”, to resolve the Syrian crisis.
“(They should) sit down at the table and negotiate”, Bogdanov told RIA news agency, saying he would meet representatives of the Syrian opposition in the Qatari capital, Doha, on August 16.
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“That’s moderate opposition? Who is this?” he said.
