(Video)- Syrian boy from rebel-held neighborhood of ٍSalah ad-Din in Aleppo city mocks a YouTube plea by pro-regime activist to fight rebels and protect govt-held Aleppo.
The video deeply shows the deteriorating situation in Aleppo. This time form the psychological side, especially amid the state of panic and fear of Bashar Assad's loyalists who believe that Aleppo's fall out can be imminent as rebels rapidly advance.
Aleppo, near the Turkish border, is a major frontline in the Syrian war. Rebel groups in and around the city have repelled repeated attempts by the Syrian army and militia fighting with it to cut supply lines from Turkey to the rebels.
Syria's Grand Mufti Ahmed Badr al-Din al-Hassoun, speaking on state TV, urged the complete destruction of insurgent-held areas from which shells were being fired.
"We inform the civilians there, be they supporters (of the insurgents), or not, to leave the area. Every area from which a shell is fired, should be completely destroyed," he said, according to Reuters.
Rebel-held parts of Aleppo have faced regular air strikes by the Syrian military. A U.N. commission of enquiry on Syria has recorded the intense use of barrel bombs - improvised bombs dropped by helicopter - by government forces in the city.
Rebels have also made use of improvised shells to bombard government-held areas. So-called "hell cannons" fire shells comprising a cooking gas cylinder. It was not clear what type of weapon had been used in their latest attack.
More than 220,000 Syrians have lost their lives in four years of armed conflict, which began with anti-government protests before escalating into a full-scale civil war.
Zaman Al Wasl
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