Syria conflict: Aleppo rebels reduced to small pocket after new loss

    State media and activists says, Syrian government forces have made major gains in southern Aleppo, leaving rebels with only a small pocket in the city.

    According to reports, Troops and allied militiamen took full control of the districts of Sheikh Saeed and Saliheen earlier today.
The rebels have now lost more than 90% of the territory they once held in eastern Aleppo in less than a month.
    Tens of thousands of people are thought to be still living under siege there, with virtually no food or water.
Meanwhile Russia, which backs the government, says more than 100,000 civilians have been displaced by the fighting - including 13,300 in the past 24 hours - and that 2,200 rebel fighters have surrendered.