{"id":5703,"date":"2016-09-30T00:51:57","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T05:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=5703"},"modified":"2016-09-30T00:51:57","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T05:51:57","slug":"sectarian-fighters-mass-for-battle-to-capture-east-aleppo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/5703\/","title":{"rendered":"Sectarian fighters mass for battle to capture east Aleppo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of Syrian troops and an estimated 5,000 foreign Shia fighters plan imminent advance into besieged area of city<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"3500\"<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

News source:<\/span> Guardian News <\/span><\/p>\n

As the most intensive air bombardment of the war has rained down on opposition-held east Aleppo<\/a> this week, an army of some 6,000 pro-government fighters has gathered on its outskirts for what they plan will be an imminent, decisive advance.<\/p>\n

Among those poised to attack are hundreds of Syrian troops who have eyed the city from distant fixed positions since it was seized by Syrian rebels in mid-2012.<\/p>\n

But in far greater numbers are an estimated 5,000 foreign fighters who will play a defining role in the battle \u2013 and take a lead stake in what emerges from the ruins.<\/p>\n