Syrian army and allies continue on Monday to cleanse areas held by militants in the city of Aleppo, with the allied forces controlling so far 90 percent of areas held by insurgents.

SANA news agency reported that the Syrian army units achieved a new advance on Monday, restoring security and stability to al-Sheikh Saeed neighborhood.

The agency quoted a military source as saying that the allied forces had taken full control of the neighborhoods of al- Sheikh Saeed, al-Shahadin, Housings area, Karem al-Afandi, Karem al-Da’da’ and al-Salehin reaching to Jiser (bridge) al-Hajj, al-Jlom, Bab al-Maqam, al-Firdous and Qal’et(citadel) al-Sahreef.

The source added that army units are pushing into the neighborhoods of al-Kallasa, Bustan al-Qaser and Souq al-Hal and chasing down the fleeing terrorists to al-Sukkari, al-Mash’had, al-Ameriya and al-Ansari in a big collapse of the terrorists’ morale.

Engineering units of the Syrian Arab Army are dismantling landmines and explosives which had been planted by terrorists in the streets and squares before the escaped the grip of the Syrian Army, the source added.

Meanwhile, AFP news agency quoted a monitor and a military official as saying that the allied forces held more than 90 percent of the onetime militants’ stronghold of east Aleppo and appeared on the verge of retaking the entire city.

The “operation in eastern neighborhoods is entering its final phase”, the military source told AFP.

“The areas still under opposition control are very small, and they could fall at any moment,” said Rami Abdel Rahman, the director of the Syrian observatory for Human Rights.

Source: Agencies