The Syrian army backed by allied fighters has captured several villages north of Aleppo from insurgents and blocked a main supply route leading into the northern city amid heavy fighting, a group monitoring the war and media outlets said on Tuesday.
A UN mediator has been struggling to broker a ceasefire deal in Aleppo, once Syria's industrial powerhouse; however, an insurgent group accused on Monday the envoy of bias.
Syrian state television said five people had been killed and 18 others wounded in "terrorist" rocket attacks in Aleppo neighborhoods.
The Syrian government refers to all armed opposition as “terrorism.”