BREAKING NEWS

Syria rebels abandon key Aleppo district

ALEPPO - Syrian rebels fighting President Bashar Assad's forces in the city of Aleppo have abandoned their positions in a district that has been a frontline of fighting in recent days.
"We have retreated, get out of here," a lone rebel fighter yelled at Reuters journalists as they arrived on Wednesday in the Salaheddine district. A checkpoint that had been manned by rebel fighters for the last week had disappeared.
A Syrian government security source told Lebanon's Al-Manar television that Syrian forces were now in control of the Salaheddine district.