Syria regime claims control of Aleppo district, rebels deny
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Men search for bodies under rubble of a house, destroyed by a Syrian Air force air strike, in a village of Tel Rafat, about 37km north of Aleppo on Aug 8, 2012. Syria's regime forces have seized full control of Aleppo's Salaheddin district, state news agency Syrian Arab news agency (Sana) said on Wednesday, a claim the rebel Free Syrian Army denied. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syria's regime forces have seized full control of Aleppo's Salaheddin district, state news agency Syrian Arab news agency (Sana) said on Wednesday, a claim the rebel Free Syrian Army denied.
"Our brave armed forces have taken full control of the district of Salaheddin," Sana said.
FSA Colonel Abdel Jabbar al-Oqaidi told AFP via Skype that "it is not true the regime army has seized control of the district." "It is true that there is a barbaric and savage attack".
Sana news agency said troops had "inflicted heavy losses on groups of armed terrorists, killing or wounding a large number of them". "Dozens of other terrorists were arrested, and some surrendered and put down their weapons."
