REPORT: Syrian rebels claim massive Aleppo hotel bombing

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REPORT: Syrian rebels claim massive Aleppo hotel bombing
A rebel-claimed bombing Thursday in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo leveled a hotel that government troops used as a military base, along with several other buildings in a government-held area, activists and militants said.            

Syrian state television said an explosion struck a government-held area on the edge of a contested neighborhood in old part of Aleppo. The television report identified the hotel as the Carlton hotel, located next to the city's ancient Citadel.           

A local activist group called the Sham News Network also reported the blast, saying that President Bashar Assad's troops were based in the hotel.  
        
The Islamic Front rebel group claimed responsibility for the blast. A statement posted on its official Twitter account Thursday said that its "fighters this morning leveled the Carlton Hotel barracks in Old Aleppo and a number of buildings near it, killing 50 soldiers." It did not say how it knew how many soldiers died.             

The Islamic Front is an alliance of several Islamic groups fighting to topple Assad. Many of its fighters have joined the Front after breaking away from the Western-backed Syrian Free Army last year.           

Another activist group, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said Islamic Front fighters planted a huge amount of explosives in a tunnel they dug below the hotel and detonated it remotely.               

It said the hotel was completely destroyed in the blast and that there were casualties among the troops.              

Aleppo, the country's largest city and former commercial hub, has been carved into rebel- and government-held areas since the rebels launched an offensive in mid-2010, capturing territory along Syria's northern border with Turkey.            

In recent months, government aircraft relentlessly has bombed rebel-held areas of the city and the opposition fighters have hit back, firing mortars into government-held areas. The rebels also have detonated car bombs in residential areas, killing dozens of people.        


AP


To watch Nada Andraos's report, please click on the VIDEO above

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