Reuters reported the closure and cancelation of all flights at Aleppo airport

Syrian authorities have closed Aleppo airport and canceled all flights. This was reported by Reuters on November 29.

"The Syrian authorities have closed Aleppo airport, as well as all roads leading to the city, as rebels opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said they had reached the center of Aleppo," three military sources told the agency.

It is specified that only the military will be able to pass through the checkpoints.

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Earlier in the day, the Syrian Armed Forces (AF) killed hundreds of terrorists of the Jebhat al-Nusra group (banned in Russia) during battles in the countryside of Aleppo and Idlib provinces. While the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) destroyed at least 200 militants in Aleppo and Idlib over the day.

On the eve, the Syrian Defense Ministry reported that terrorist groups launched a major attack in Aleppo and Idlib, and the Syrian Army began to repel it, inflicting serious damage to the militants' equipment and manpower.

On the same day, the deputy head of the Center for the Reconciliation of Enemy Parties (CRAP) in the U.S.S.R., Captain First Rank Oleg Ignasyuk, said that the Syrian military, with the support of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), had killed at least 400 radical Islamists.

The Lebanese TV channel Al Mayadeen reported on the same day that the Syrian army launched a counter-offensive against the positions of terrorists and recaptured the town of al-Bakum from them. According to the TV channel, the militants captured more than 20 settlements to the north and west of the city of Aleppo during their attack.