MESOP CONTINUING ALEPPO – Pro-Assad Forces Break Aleppo Ceasefire

December 14 – By Scott Lucas – eaworldview – WEDNESDAY FEATURE – UPDATE 1100 GMT: Opposition activists and outlets claim that Russian warplanes are now attacking the Ansari and Salaheddin neighborhoods in Aleppo. – UPDATE 0955 GMT: Multiple witnesses and pro-opposition sources are reporting that pro-Assad forces have broken the ceasefire, only hours after it began.

Shelling is reported on the remaining opposition districts in eastern Aleppo city, such as Mash’had, Sukkari, Salaheddin, and Ansari.

Local sources have said Russian claims of the evacuation of 6,000 are false: “Iranians and various militias shelled the places where people were waiting for the green buses.”

However, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov maintained the propaganda line this morning, “I hope that the situation in Aleppo will be resolved in two to three days. [Russia] has created humanitarian corridors that have been and are being used by tens of thousands of civilians.”

The Russian military put out the further declaration that “militant groups…resumed combat operations Wednesday morning, but their attack was beaten back”.

It insisted that rebels had shelled the green buses and then effectively endorse the pro-Assad shelling, “The Syrian army went ahead with the operation to retake eastern Aleppo’s quarters from the militants.” www.mesop.de