BEIRUT, December 2. /TASS/. The armed gangs that have occupied a number of neighborhoods in the Syrian city of Aleppo, indulge in looting and kidnappings of local residents, the Syrian state agency SANA has quoted sources in the city as saying.

According to the news agency, the terrorists "practice theft and looting", search both private and public property, and "kidnap civilians".

According to the Syria’s General Directorate of Radio and Television Broadcasting, the militants are intimidating local civil servants and forcing them to obey their orders.

On the morning of November 27, the extremist group Jabhat al-Nusra (banned in Russia) carried out a large-scale attack in northern Syria. According to the Syrian Armed Forces’ Command, the terrorists tried to attack villages and towns defended by the Syrian army and military facilities, and continued to assault the positions of government forces. The Syrian Army launched an operation to repel the raid. On November 30, the Armed Forces’ Command stated that the army was targeting the positions of terrorists who had managed to penetrate many neighborhoods of Aleppo city and was awaiting reinforcements. According to the Defense Ministry's statement, the Syrian army was forced to regroup its forces to protect the lives of civilians and soldiers and prepare for a counterattack.