02-10-2016 12:15 via news.yahoo.com

Syria army advances as outrage mounts over hospital raid

Syrian regime forces advanced Sunday in Aleppo after Russia unleashed dozens of strikes, even as condemnation kept pouring in over the bombing of the main hospital in the city's rebel-held east. The devastating five-year war in Syria has ravaged second city Aleppo, once the country's economic hub but now torn apart between government troops and rebel forces. The army of President Bashar al-Assad announced a major push on September 22 to capture Aleppo's opposition-held east and has gained ground
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