ກຸ່ມສິ້ງຊອມສິດທິມະນຸດໃນຊີເຣຍ ກ່າວວ່າ ກອງທັບຊີເຣຍທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບການໜຸນຫຼັງຈາກຣັດເຊຍ ໄດ້ເຂົ້າຄວບຄຸມ ເຂດເມືອງເກົ່າ Aleppo ທັງໝົດແລ້ວ.
ກຸ່ມສິ້ງຊອມສິດທິມະນຸດໃນຊີເຣຍ ທີ່ຕິດຕາມແລະລາຍງານ ກ່ຽວກັບສົງຄາມກາງເມືອງ ໃນຊີເຣຍ ກ່າວວ່າ ທະຫານຊີເຣຍ ໄດ້ເຂົ້າຍຶດເອົາຄຸ້ມ Bab al-Hadid ແລະ Aghior ທີ່ຕັ້ງຢູ່ໃກ້ຄຽງ ໃນຕອນເຊົ້າ ວັນພຸດມື້ນີ້ ຫລັງຈາກ ກຳລັງຕໍ່ຕ້ານ ໄດ້ຖອນອອກໄປ ຈາກທີ່ໝັ້ນແຫ່ງສຸດທ້າຍຂອງພວກເຂົາເຈົ້າໃນເຂດເມືອງເກົ່າທາງກ້ຳຕາເວັນອອກ Aleppo ທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບຄວາມເສຍຫາຍຢ່າງຮ້າຍແຮງ. ກຸ່ມຕໍ່ຕ້ານ ກ່າວໃນວັນອັງຄານວານນີ້ວ່າ ກຳລັງຂອງລັດຖະບານໄດ້ເຂົ້າຄວບຄຸມຫຼາຍ ຄຸ້ມໃນເຂດເມືອງເກົ່າ ຮວມທັງຄຸ້ມ Sahar ກອງບັນຊາການກຳລັງຕໍ່ຕ້ານແລະກຸ່ມສັງຄົມພົນລະເຮືອນ.
ການແຕກຂອງເຂດເມືອງເກົ່າ Aleppo ແມ່ນຈຸດສຸດຍອດໃນການເປີດສາກບຸກໂຈມຕີຄັ້ງໃຫຍ່ ຂອງກອງທັບຊີເຣຍທີ່ເລີ້ມຂຶ້ນໃນທ້າຍເດືອນແລ້ວນີ້ ເພື່ອຂັບໄລ່ ພວກຕໍ່ຕ້ານອອກຈາກກ້ຳຕາເວັນອອກ ຂອງເມືອງ Aleppo ທີ່ພວກເຂົາ ໄດ້ເຂົ້າຄວບຄຸມ ມາແຕ່ປີ 2012 ແລະເປັນໄຊຊະນະທີ່ສຳຄັນຂອງລັດຖະບານປະທານາທິບໍດີ Bashar al-Assad ໃນສົງ ຄາມກາງເມືອງທີ່ດຳເນີນມາເປັນເວລາ 5 ປີແລ້ວນັ້ນ. ກອງທັບຊີເຣຍກ່າວວ່າ ປັດຈຸບັນນີ້ ຕົນຄວບຄຸມຢ່າງໜ້ອຍ 75 ເປີເຊັນຂອງກ້ຳຕາເວັນອອກເມືອງ Aleppo ຊຶ່ງຄັ້ງນຶ່ງເຄີຍມີພົນລະເຮືອນອາໄສຢູ່ຫຼາຍ ເຖິງ 250 ພັນຄົນ.
ບາງເຂດຂອງຄຸ້ມເມືອງເກົ່າທາງປະຫວັດສາດແຫ່ງນີ້ຊຶ່ງອົງການ UNESCO ໄດ້ປະກາດໃຫ້ເປັນສະຖານທີ່ມໍລະດົກໂລກ ເມື່ອ 30 ປີກ່ອນ ແມ່ນໄດ້ຮັບຄວາມເສຍຫາຍຈາກການບຸກໂຈມຕີແລະພວກທີ່ເຫັນເຫດການກ່າວວ່າ ສະຖານທີ່ປະຫວັດສາດຈຳນວນນຶ່ງ ເວລາ ນີ້ເກືອບວ່າຈື່ບໍ່ໄດ້ເລີຍ.
ຂະນະທີ່ການສູ້ລົບກັນຍັງດຳເນີນຢູ່ໃນວັນອັງຄານວານນີ້ກໍມີລາຍງານທີ່ຂັດແຍ້ງກັນກ່ຽວກັບການດຳເນີນຄວາມພະຍາຍາມຂອງຣັດເຊຍແລະສະຫະລັດເພື່ອເຈລະຈາຫາທາງແກ້ໄຂ ທີ່ອາດຫລີກລ່ຽງບໍ່ເກີດການສູ້ລົບກັນ ໃນຂັ້ນສຸດທ້າຍ ລະຫວ່າງພວກນັກລົບຂອງກຸ່ມຕໍ່ຕ້ານລັດຖະບານທີ່ຖືກປິດລ້ອມແລະບໍ່ມີອາວຸດພຽງພໍ ກັບທະຫານລັດຖະບານຊີເຣຍ.
ລັດຖະມົນຕີການຕ່າງປະເທດສະຫະລັດ ທ່ານ John Kerry ຊຶ່ງກຳລັງຢູ່ທີ່ນະຄອນບຣັສເຊີລເພື່ອເຂົ້າຮ່ວມກອງປະຊຸມລັດຖະມົນຕີການຕ່າງປະເທດຂອງອົງການເນໂຕ້ ກ່າວວ່າ ທ່ານຄາດວ່າ ຈະພົບປະກັບຄູ່ຕຳແໜ່ງ ຝ່າຍຣັດເຊຍທ່ານ Sergei Lavrov ໃນທ້າຍອາ ທິດນີ້ ເພື່ອເຈລະຈາກັນຕື່ມ ໂດຍແນໃສ່ເພື່ອໃຫ້ຖອນກຳລັງຕໍ່ຕ້ານອອກຈາກກ້ຳຕາເວັນຂອງເມືອງ Aleppo.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Syria's Russian-backed army has gained control of all of Aleppo's Old City.
The Observatory, which monitors and reports on Syria's civil war, says Syrian soldiers seized the nearby districts of Bab al-Hadid and Aghior early Wednesday morning, after rebel forces withdrew from their last positions in the city's devastated eastern sector.The group said Tuesday that government fighters had controlled several neighborhoods in the Old City, including al-Shaar, the command center for opposition forces and civil society.
The fall of Aleppo's Old City caps a major offensive launched by the army late last month to drive the rebels out of eastern Aleppo, which they have controlled since 2012, and marks a major victory for the government of President Bashar al-Assad in the now five-year-old conflict. The army says it now controls at least 75 percent of eastern Aleppo, which was once home to at least 250,000 civilians.
Parts of the historic Old City neighborhood, which was declared a UNESCO Heritage site 30 years ago, were devastated in the takeover, and witnesses say swaths of the historic sector are now virtually unrecognizable.
As fighting raged Tuesday, there were conflicting reports on Russian and U.S. attempts to negotiate a settlement that would possibly avert a last-stand battle pitting beleaguered and out-gunned rebel fighters against Syrian forces.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in Brussels for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers, said he expects to meet with his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, later this week for further talks aimed at gaining the departure of rebels from the eastern sector.
Lavrov himself said on Sunday such a meeting would occur in Geneva either on Tuesday or Wednesday.But by late Tuesday, Reuters -- quoting sources close to the situation -- said no talks would take place this week.
Elsewhere Tuesday, observatory monitors said the death toll from a Russian and Syrian air offensive southwest of Aleppo has climbed past 300. A published observatory report said more than 1,000 others -- many of them women and children -- have been wounded.
The statement said new strikes targeted eight refugee settlements in Idlib province, about 100 kilometers southwest of Aleppo.It identified a full third of the fatalities as children.
Russia announced last month it was resuming airstrikes in Idlib and Homs provinces in support of the Syrian government.
Hopes for a quick truce in Aleppo were dealt another blow Monday, when Russia, for the sixth time this year, vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have provided for a seven-day cease-fire to allow humanitarian aid to reach the battered city.
Russian U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin criticized the resolution, saying "these kinds of pauses have been used by fighters to reinforce their ammo (munitions) and to strengthen their positions."New Zealand envoy Gerard van Bohemen later countered that characterization, calling the Churkin argument "hollow fiction."
Tens of thousands of civilians are thought to be trapped in eastern Aleppo despite a huge surge of refugees fleeing in the past two weeks for the relative safety of government-controlled western districts.
Monitors last week estimated that 18,000 civilians in the east had moved into western neighborhoods and more than 9,000 others into a Kurdish-controlled district.
U.N. special envoy Stefan de Mistura said last week he expected eastern Aleppo to fall to government forces by the end of December, without a negotiated settlement to end the four-year rebel occupation.