As Syrian army units were continuing to restore stability and security to eastern Aleppo neighborhoods, it called upon the displaced residents of liberated districts of northeastern Aleppo to return home.
The general command of the Syrian army and armed forces made the call in a statement released on Saturday, saying that the state institutions had already begun the rehabilitation of the liberated neighborhoods in the city.
Hundreds of Syrian families have returned to the strategic eastern Aleppo district of Masaken Hanano, which was retaken from militants last month, reports said.
The army has managed to restore security and stability to the area, while authorities are working to provide services and utilities to the locals.
On Saturday, at least 10 buses, adorned with pictures of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as well as the Syrian and Russian flags, traveled directly from government-held western Aleppo to recently recaptured areas in the east. It was the first such trip in the past few years.
The trip started at the Razi bus stop in central Jamiliyeh neighborhood and ended after 30 minutes in Masaken Hanano.
Eastern Aleppo towards Clearance
The Syrian government forces, who are in full control of western Aleppo, have been conducting operations to purge militants from the city’s east.
On Sunday, SANA reported that army units, in cooperation with the supporting forces, restored stability and security to al-Jazmati Roundabout and al-Halwania Roundabout reaching to Hanano road in the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo.
A military source said that the army units continued advance in the city eastern neighborhoods and chased the fleeing terrorists in the area.
According to the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Syrian forces are now exerting control over 60 percent of eastern Aleppo, which was among the first areas that fell to the Takfiri militant groups following the outbreak of foreign-backed militancy in the Arab state over five years ago.
S.A. Spokesman to Terrorists: Leave or Die
In another development, Syrian Army spokesman Brig. Gen. Samir Suleiman told AFP Sunday that the army would be offering terrorist fighters in besieged eastern Aleppo an opportunity to leave the city with their lives, but warned those who choose to stay will face “inevitable death.”
He said the Syrian army has retaken more than 50 percent of neighborhoods in eastern Aleppo.
Reuters also reported Sunday that a Syrian terrorist commander recently appointed head of a new military alliance in Aleppo has been seriously wounded in an ongoing army assault on the city’s eastern districts.
Abu Abdelrahman Nour will be replaced as head of the “Aleppo army” he was appointed to lead last week, said Zakaria Malahifji, head of the political office of one of the Aleppo terrorist factions, Fastaqim. A militant official from Nour’s faction, Jabha Shamiya, confirmed he had been wounded on Saturday.
On Saturday, Syria’s Defense Minister Maj. Gen. Fahd Jassem al-Freij visited a number of military positions in the areas of Sheikh Saeed, al-Naqarin, western al-Nairab Airport situated in Aleppo and its countryside.
Freij met with Syrian soldiers and was briefed by field commanders on gains, anti-terror operations and plans for future measures. He also assured that Syria’s fight against terrorism will continue until security and stability are restored all over the country.
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