Syrian troops News
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that nearly 1,700 civilians had fled to government-held parts of western Aleppo and another 2,500 to the Kurdish-controlled northern district of Sheikh Maksoud.
The army said troops "have seized full control" of the eastern district in Syria's largest city.
The ceasefire's co-sponsors, Russia and the United States, have traded accusations over the fraying deal, with relations strained even further after the US-led raid killed scores of Syrian soldiers on Saturday.
The Turkish military on Wednesday launched an operation codenamed "Euphrates Shield" inside Syria to oust IS from the border region.
The Islamic State group has captured more than a dozen villages and hills during a fresh offensive in norther Syria, opposition activists said on Saturday.
The militants, with armoured vehicles outfitted with machine guns, were attempting to infiltrate several towns in northeastern countryside of Hama.
Tens of thousands of Syrians were apparently streaming towards Turkey on Friday as regime troops pressed a major Russian-backed offensive around Aleppo, while Moscow and Ankara traded barbs over the escalating crisis.
Syrian troops backed by Russian airpower and allied militias opened a new front today against rebels around second city Aleppo.
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