The situation in Aleppo, Syria, has erupted into a full-blown crisis. Rebel forces have launched a fierce assault on government-held western Aleppo. This video making the rounds on social media shows two rebel tanks advancing through Manyan in western Aleppo.
The movement of the alleged rebel tank cruising through the war-torn town has been filmed from two different angles – the view from the canon of a tank and another from the air.
Syria's army said on Monday the Nusra Front and what the army called other terrorist groups had killed 84 people, mostly women and children, in Aleppo during the past three days, in a bombardment that included chemical weapons and rocket fire.
The Nusra Front broke allegiance with al-Qaeda and changed its name to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham in July. It is one of the main rebel groups taking part in an offensive against government-held western Aleppo that began on Friday.
In a statement on Monday, the Army and Armed Forces High Command said rebels had targeted schools and civilians, fired 20 poison gas canisters, 50 Grad rockets and ignited 48 fires.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said it had recorded 48 deaths since the rebel offensive began, including 17 children.
(With inputs from NBC News)
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