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Archive Home > 2012 > July > 26 > Rebels expect major battle for Syrian commerce capital

Rebels expect major battle for Syrian commerce capital

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy / The Bulletin
July 26, 2012

BEIRUT — Syrian troops rushed dozens of tanks and reinforcements Wednesday toward Aleppo, the country’s strategically vital commercial capital, in a bid to crush a rebel advance that has spread to wide swaths of the sprawling city.

As five days of fighting in Aleppo....

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