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More than 2,000 militants massed in northern Aleppo: Russia

Published: 04 Jun 2016 - 04:50 pm | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 10:02 pm
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Boys help their injured friend after an airstrike on Aleppo's rebel held al-Fardous district, Syria June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

MOSCOW: More than 2,000 militants have gathered in northern Aleppo, the Russian ceasefire-monitoring centre in Syria said on Saturday.

"More than 2,000 militants from different terrorist organisations and groups of the so-called 'moderate opposition' are concentrated in the region of Sheikh Maqsoud," the centre said in a statement.

Reuters