Syria War Monitor Says Rebels Control 'Most Of' Aleppo City

Anti-government fighters gather in front of a hotel in central Aleppo, Syria's second city which a war monitor said jihadist rebels now control most of (Credit: AFP)

A monitor of Syria's war said on Saturday that jihadist rebels now control a majority of Aleppo city, reporting Russian air strikes on parts of Syria's second city for the first time since 2016.

The rebels have pressed a lightning offensive against forces of the Iranian- and Russian-backed Syrian government since Wednesday, the same day a fragile ceasefire took effect in neighbouring Lebanon between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group, a Damascus ally, after two months of all-out war.