On December 4, Syrian government forces took control of of the Jazmati roundabout and the Halwaniyah square. Then they secured the neighborhoods of al-Miysar, Jurat Awad and Dahret Awad, and engaged militants in intense firefights in al-Qaterrji and al-Shi’ar.
By December 5, ther Syrian army and pro-government militias liberated Karm Tahan and al-Qaterrji neighborhoods and the National Hospital in about 800m from the Aleppo Citadel. In coming days, the army and its allies will likely able to reach the Aleppo Citadel and militant defenses north of it will collapse.
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