Syrian government regains control over parts of Aleppo

Syrian government forces fought back against the Free Syrian Army in Syria’s second
largest city, Aleppo, RIA-Novosti reports.
A total of 16 rebels have been killed and Syrian government forces
are now fully in control of Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud district,
RIA-Novosti reports, referring to the Suriya news agency.
Earlier on Friday the state army launched assaults on several areas in
north Damascus held by rebels, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
based in London said.
It has been reported that Syrian authorities executed 25 people in
public in the al-Rashideen neighborhood in Aleppo, the Local
Coordinating Committees of Syria activist group said, adding that
fighting in other areas continues.
On Thursday, the UN refugee agency warned that continued violence
might push the number of refugees from Syria up to 700,000 by the end
of the year.