AFP, 7 August 2016 – Sporadic clashes hit the southern edges of Aleppo on Sunday morning, a monitoring group said, hours after rebels said they had broken a three-week government siege of the Syrian city.
An alliance of rebels late Saturday said they had opened a new route into Aleppo’s eastern neighborhoods, home to some 250,000 people.
But the road, which passes through southern edges of the city, remains too dangerous for civilians to use, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday.

Rebel fighters advance south of Aleppo on August 6, 2016 (AFP)

“There are intermittent clashes and air strikes, but to a lesser degree,” said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.
On Saturday, anti-regime groups overran a series of buildings in a military academy on the southwestern edges of Aleppo.
They then pushed northeast into the district of Ramussa, linking up with rebel groups that had fought south from inside the city.
Rebels posted footage of their fighters embracing and celebrating the end of the government encirclement of Aleppo, in place since July 17.
An AFP journalist in the eastern districts said a truck of vegetables entered the neighborhoods late Saturday to be sold in the markets the following day.

Battle for Aleppo