Geneva: The United Nations (U.N) spokesman Wednesday said that the U.N. mission in Syria has confirmed that opposition forces in the city of Aleppo have “tanks” and “heavy weapons,” media reports say.
Talking to reporters at the U.N. headquarters, the spokesman Martin Nesirky said “The observers now have confirmed information that the opposition is in possession of heavy weapons including tanks in Aleppo.”
Unarmed observers from the U.N. Supervision Mission in Syria went to the northern city on Tuesday. Aleppo has been under siege from President Bashar al-Assad’s forces for more than a week.
UNSMIS has also reported seeing a fighter jet attacking the city.
More than 200,000 people have fled Aleppo, according to the U.N. and Nesirky said many of the inhabitants remaining have taken shelter in schools and other public buildings.
The Syrian opposition group, the Local Coordination Committees (LCC), reported on Wednesday that about 170 people were killed in Damascus and Aleppo.
Another opposition group, the Syrian General Revolution Commission, said that communication and the internet have been cut off in Aleppo, with reports saying that 40 of the Syrian regime’s tanks were heading to the city.
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