es ▁bom bed ▁the ▁city ' s ▁out sk ir ts . ▁A ▁major ▁fire ▁eng ulf ed ▁Ale ppo ' s ▁medieval ▁mark ets , ▁destroy ing ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 7 0 0 ▁to ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁sh ops . ▁A ▁major ▁tour ist ▁att raction , ▁the ▁covered ▁mark ets ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁largest ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁East . ▁The ▁reb els ▁bl amed ▁the ▁fire ▁on ▁army ▁shell ing . ▁According ▁to ▁S AN A , ▁cl ash es ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁al ▁K alis ah , ▁al ▁F ird ous , ▁Bab ▁al - N ai rab , ▁Bab ▁al - H ad id ▁and ▁B ust an ▁al - Q as r . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Irish ▁Times , ▁the ▁re bel ▁off ensive ▁had ▁dissol ved ▁in ▁a ▁street ▁fight ▁after ▁the ▁Army ▁t ena ci ously ▁def ended ▁its ▁positions . ▁Irish ▁Times ▁and ▁Re ut ers ▁reported ▁that ▁some ▁reb els ▁units ▁were ▁surrounded ▁and ▁others ▁retre ated ▁even ▁before ▁entering ▁the ▁city . ▁According ▁to ▁S AN A , ▁the ▁Army ▁was ▁in ▁full ▁control ▁of ▁al - A mi ri y ah ▁and ▁most ▁of ▁Tal ▁az - Z ar az ir ▁streets . ▁SO HR ▁said ▁that ▁cl ash es ▁were ▁taking ▁place ▁in ▁al - Ar q ou b ▁and ▁Az izi ya , ▁while ▁Sal ah ed d ine ▁had ▁once ▁again ▁become ▁a ▁foc al ▁point . ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁third ▁day ▁of ▁the ▁off ensive