The sources stated that this step effectively closed the city after the army issued instructions at checkpoints outside the city to allow only army forces to pass and enter.
The armed factions announced early Saturday that they had arrived Aleppo Citadel The city center located in the north Syria.
The armed factions also confirmed that they had reached Saadallah Al-Jabri Square, located in the heart of the city Aleppo.
According to Reuters, citing a military source, the Syrian authorities closed the facility Aleppo AirportAll flights were cancelled.
Two Syrian military sources told Reuters that Syria had received a promise of additional Russian military aid to help the army prevent armed factions from seizing Aleppo Governorate.
The two sources added that Damascus expects new Russian military equipment to begin arriving Hmeimim base Russian air force near the city Latakia Coastal within 72 hours.
He reported Syrian Observatory For Human Rights, at dawn on Saturday, half of the city of Aleppo in northern Syria was under the control of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and allied factions, two days after a surprise attack launched by those factions on areas controlled by government forces in northern and northwestern Syria.
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and factions loyal to it took control of the city of Saraqib in the governorate Idlib Northern Syria, according to what the Syrian Observatory reported on Friday.
Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP, “The importance of Saraqib (northwest) is that it prevents any room for Syrian forces to advance to Aleppo, and it is located on a strategic node linking Aleppo to Latakia (west) and Damascus.”
