Syria foes 'advance' in battle-wracked Aleppo

Syrian forces and rebels have clashed violently in and around Aleppo as the battle for control of the northern city raged into a third day, with both sides claiming advances. The Syrian army claimed on Monday to have overrun part of the city's rebel-held Salaheddin district, but the claim was denied by a Free Syrian Army commander. "The Syrian army took control of part of Salaheddin district and continues its offensive," a security source in Damascus said. Colonel Abdel Jabbar al-Oqaidi, head of the FSA military council of Aleppo, the country's most populous city and commercial capital, insisted government troops had "not progressed one metre". "We launched a new assault from Salaheddin...