ENDLESS STRUGGLE: Syria rebels ‘in push to break Aleppo siege’

A UK-based monitoring group said the rebels had fired “hundreds” of missiles into western Aleppo, killing at least 15 civilians.

They are also reported to have targeted al-Nayrab military airport to the east.

About 275,000 people have been besieged in the east by pro-government forces for several months.

Syria and its ally Russia have recently intensified air strikes on the east.

The attacks are so far coming from rebels outside Aleppo but it is understood that rebels inside the city will join the offensive.

“All the revolutionary factions, without exception, are participating in the battle,” the military spokesman for the Fastaqim faction inside the city said, AP news agency reports.

What’s left of the Syrian Army doesn’t have the strength to take the rest of the city any time soon, and the rebels can’t move without getting pounded by Russian warplanes.