Green: foreign-backed 'rebels'. Red: SAA and allies.
Total Overview - Aleppo Battle now favors SAA (August 8)
Recap: •The siege has not been 'broken' in strategic terms, but the situation was fluid through most of August 7th - 'rebels' from each side have connected, but are under constant shelling and fire, and cannot make use of this
•The 'rebel' sally was an act of planned desperation
•'Rebel' forces have experienced a 30-50% casualty rate
•The 'rebel' gains of late August 6th have been largely rolled back
•The SAA 'liberated bridge' (see map above and below) remains in SAA hands
•The military academy was retaken by the end of the 6th, Tigers were involved
•Hezbollah's Special Forces heavy involvement confirmed
•The 'rebels' have gone through all their heavy tanks and are left with medium tanks
•Russian bombing sorties were used strategically in places where 'rebel' groupings were drawn/lured using tactical withdraw - see video below
•SAA and allies losses have been comparatively low (withdraws were tactical in nature)
•SAA successfully brought in reinforcements
•The maps are only misleading insofar as the SAA holding of west Aleppo would otherwise appear as a potential cauldron - but only the SAA has access to air force
Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
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