Thousands of civilians flee rebel-held eastern Aleppo districts, as the Syrian Army continues its offensive to take full control over the city.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, says as many as 10,000 residents have fled to government-controlled western areas and a kurdish-run northern district.
The Observatory said those fleeing had come from al-Haidariya, al-Shaar and Jabal Badro. It claimed the offensive, in its 13th day, had seen 219 civilians killed, but these numbers may well be a big underestimate due to the number of bodies trapped in the rubble, and the lack of functioning hospitals.
It was also reported that the Syrian army had retaken Jabal Badro, suggesting it was on course to divide the Syrian rebel enclave, at its narrowest point of Sakhour.