The Syrian regime forces continue to bomb Aleppo at nightfall

Houses on fire helicopters overhead Aleppo-Syria's second city and a key player in the transformation of Syrian conflict in search of enemy positions to attack, civilians flee ... From the morning last, a deluge of fire falls on the rebel districts, where Syrian and foreign insurgents faced during the day to attack the army of Bashar Assad .The intermittent shelling continued throughout the afternoon, according to Javier Espinosa reports from Aleppo. After nightfall, continued bombing and artillery fire, but fighting between the rebels and detained Syrian soldiers , as the rebels and an NGO. The regime forces early this morning launched the assault on the metropolis of the north to blood and fire crush the rebels entrenched in the southwest of the city. The biggest clashes since the beginning of the revolution now taking place in a number of quarters of Aleppo, "explained the Local Coordination Committees opponents of Syria, quoted by CNN. The violent bombardment began at 4 am (the 3 in mainland Spain), according to an AFP correspondent in the neighborhood rebel site of Saladin.

Saladin Assault

"The assault against Saladin has stopped and we managed to repel the regular army to the neighborhood of Hamdaniyé ", further west, said the head of the military council of Aleppo, Colonel Abdel Jabbar al Oqaidi.

The rebels claim to have captured Aleppo tank Asad

During the day, four helicopters launched rockets and strafed the stronghold while the heavy artillery and tanks went into action. The whole neighborhood is surrounded. According to a senior rebel Abdel Jaber al-Oqaidi, a hundred tanks have been deployed around the neighborhood. The rebels managed to resist the first offensive of the army against this bastion, where they claimed that the regime forces had made ​​progress and had lost tanks. In addition to the bombing of Saladin, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is taking place " violent clashes at the entrance Sakhour district. " However, forces loyal to the regime considerably exceed , in number and armament, the rebels, according to the BBC. Many rebel fighters have been injured or died during the skirmishes, as your correspondent. "The fact that the soldiers did not move more in Saladin does not necessarily mean a retreat, because the strategy of the regular forces bomb is to cause an exodus and then launch an assault even more fierce, "explained the president of Sirius Obserbatorio Rights Human Rami Abdel Rahamane.

Crucial battle

The opponents rely, however, in his victory. The rebel army Free Sirius (ELS) claimed on Saturday that has changed its strategy in Aleppo "from defense to attack" and that the defeat of government troops in this city will "fall in the middle of the regime," Efe reported. "Aleppo is considered half of Syria's economic, financial and population. It is the veins of the economy. His fall means falling half of the regime , "said the secretary of the ELS, Captain Emar to Guawi From the second Syrian city. The battle for the city, 2.5 million inhabitants, is considered a crucial test for the government that has spent its main military resources to maintain control of its two main centers of power: Aleppo and Damascus. However, it is less clear the rebel victory. Reuters quoted military experts consider that, although-Asad's forces far more powerful-will defeat the rebels in Aleppo and other cities, they risk losing control in the field, because it begins to be questioned the loyalty of large sections of the army. " Asad's forces achieve a tactical victory probably involving a retreat for the opposition and allow the regime to demonstrate its military superiority, "says the analyst Ayham Kamel, the Eurasia Group. However, he adds, the rebels are getting stronger while the military decline. About one hundred people were killed Saturday in Syria for the bombing of the troops of the regime of Bashar al-Assad and fighting between them and the rebels, according to opposition groups. The largest number of victims was recorded in Aleppo that killed thirty people.