(MENAFN) Syria's army and allied militia advanced towards rebel-held areas of Aleppo's Old City on Sunday in an attack a military source predicted would be over in a matter of weeks.
Western and regional states backing the rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad appear unwilling or unable to do anything to prevent a major defeat for those fighting to topple the Syrian leader.
Rebel groups in Aleppo have told the US they will not leave their shrinking enclave, a senior rebel official told Reuters, after Russia called for talks with Washington over a full withdrawal of opposition fighters.
But the rebels may eventually have no choice but to negotiate a withdrawal from eastern Aleppo, where tens of thousands of civilians are thought to be sheltering, in the face of relentless bombardment and ground assaults.
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