A32NEWS - Syrian forces captured a key area in the city of Aleppo, which has been controlled by the militant group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
State television and the group Human Rights Watch Syria (SOHR), confirmed, Sakhour district had fallen into the hands of the Syrian army, as reported by the BBC on Monday (11/28/2016).
Syrian forces launched an operation mereput Aleppo since last September.
Earlier this week they recorded a rapid progress, got in the eastern region of Aleppo, forcing thousands of civilians to flee.
Syrian troops seize Jabal Badro on Sunday (28/11), a day after occupying the Hanano district and attempting to master other areas.
Their aim is to divide the eastern region, which is controlled by the opposition or rebel, into two.
Some reports say thousands of residents trying to flee to government-controlled area, or other areas controlled by the opposition.
It is estimated that about 275,000 people survive in eastern Aleppo with supplies of food and medicine is running out.
Seven-year-old boy, Bana Alabed, which has amassed thousands of followers on Twitter with a nudge-nudge of Aleppo, said on Sunday (27/11/2016) that his home in the eastern city have been bombed.
It's hard to get a clear picture of the events that occurred in the eastern Aleppo.
The Syrian army said they had helped 1,500 people came out to the western part of the state-controlled.
Meanwhile, some Russian news agency said around 900 civilians, including 119 children, have left Jabal Badro before the army moved in.
A man left Hanano, Saturday (26/11/2016); told Reuters that he went because "bombing of the Syrian army and chlorine gas'.
Movement Syrian army offensive to reclaim the eastern Aleppo has lasted for 13 days.
So far about 219 civilians, including 27 children, have been killed in the attack, according to SOHR based in London, England.
The success reclaim the entire Aleppo would be a major victory for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after a conflict that lasted for almost six years.
Once the center of commerce and industry of Syria, Aleppo split in two since 2012, the western region controlled by the government, the opposition-controlled eastern region.
Over the past year, the Syrian army has to break the deadlock with the help of the Iranian-backed militia and Russian air strikes.
Russia said their air forces active in other areas of the country, but does not operate over Aleppo.
