There are no plans to storm the Syrian city of Aleppo, the Sergei Rudskoy, head of the Russian General Staff’s main operations command, which is providing air support to the Syrian army, said on Monday.
Fighting between rebels opposed to Bashar al-Assad and forces loyal to Damascus has flared around Aleppo in recent weeks, threatening a fragile ceasefire in the run-up to the a new round of peace talks on the conflict.
Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halaki said on Sunday the Russian air force and Syrian military were preparing a joint operation to take full control of Aleppo from rebel forces.
Source: Reuters, April 11
