August 17, 2025
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Inside Aleppo under airstrikes-Syrian war

UN Security Council to meet at 2 p.m. Monday to discuss pause in fighting
The strikes come as Syrian regime continues trying to retake eastern Aleppo
Aleppo, Syria (CNN)Syrian regime forces have shelled rebel-held Aleppo for the past 24 hours straight, gaining more ground in a bloody bid to seize control of the whole city.

Airstrikes and mortar rounds have pounded rebel positions in eastern Aleppo non-stop, said CNN Senior International Correspondent Frederik Pleitgen on the ground, reducing more buildings to rubble in a city already decimated in parts.
Aleppo had been divided between the government-held west and rebel-held east for more than four years, but regime forces have gained control of about half of the eastern district in the eight days since they entered the area.
“Indiscriminate shelling by air and artillery and mortars … are reaching every neighborhood and almost every house and building. There is no distinction between civilians and rebel fighters,” an activist from the Aleppo Media Center told CNN on SundayAround 30,000 people have fled eastern Aleppo neighborhoods since forces broke through rebel defense walls, many into the government-controlled west and Kurdish-held areas.
At an old cotton factory in the town of Jibreen, CNN witnessed displaced people lining up for food — for many, the first hot meal they’ve had in months. Their beds are flimsy mattresses on a dirty floor, and as temperatures drop, they rely on campfires for warmth.

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