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The Battle of Aleppo ((アラビア語:معركة حلب)) is an ongoing military confrontation in Aleppo, the largest city in Syria, between the Free Syrian Army, Islamic Front, People's Defence Units and Sunni militants against the Syrian government, Hezbollah and Shiite militants.〔 The battle began on 19 July 2012 as a part of the Syrian Civil War. The battle's scale and importance led combatants to name it the "mother of battles".〔 〕 The battle has been marked by the Syrian army's indiscriminate use of barrel bombs dropped from helicopters, killing thousands of people.〔BBC News, 28 April 2014 (BBC witnesses devastation of Syrian air bombardment on Aleppo )〕 Hundreds of thousands have been forced to evacuate. The London-based organization Syrian Observatory for Human Rights denounced the Free Syrian Army for its indiscriminate bombardment of government-held districts with gas cylinders filled with explosives, which resulted in hundreds of casualties. The battle has caused catastrophic destruction to the Old City of Aleppo, a UNESCO World Heritage site. == Onset == (詳細はAleppo is Syria's largest city with a population of 2.5 million people. An UNESCO World Heritage Site, it has been described by ''Time'' as Syria's commercial capital.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://world.time.com/2012/07/27/brief-history-of-aleppo-a-great-world-city-now-in-the-grip-of-war/ )〕 Prior to the outbreak of hostilities in Aleppo in July 2012, nationwide protests against the government led by President Bashar al-Assad had occurred since 15 March 2011, as part of the Arab Spring. The inhabitants of Syria's two largest cities, Damascus and Aleppo, were initially largely uninvolved. As well as opposition protests,〔NYT (17 May 2012) (Students Are Assalied at a Protest in Syria )〕 government-organized rallies in support of itself were held. Aleppo had remained undisturbed by the 16 month long conflict till 22 July, when rebel fighters from the neighbouring villages converged and penetrated into it.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/22/syrian-rebels-fight-aleppo )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Aleppo (2012–present)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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