Syria 1st-Hand: The Insurgents' PR Quest for Ammunition in Aleppo (Abdul-Ahad)

Insurgent with empty ammunition boxes in Aleppo (Photo: Iskandar Kat/AFP/Getty)

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The rebel plan for the assault on Aleppo had been simple, Abu Mohamed said. They were told by the leadership that if they took the fight to the heart of the city, the supply lines would flow. But three weeks after the rebels entered the town, the ammunition for a front stretching from the Saif al-Dawla boulevard in the north to the Salah al-Din neighbourhood in the south-west had dwindled to 600 bullets and six RPG rockets. The lines were close to collapse.

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