▁make ▁territorial ▁g ains ▁in ▁the ▁city , ▁cont rolling ▁most ▁of ▁eastern ▁and ▁south western ▁Ale ppo , ▁including ▁Sal ah ed d ine ▁and ▁parts ▁of ▁Ham d ani ye h . ▁They ▁continued ▁to ▁target ▁security ▁cent ers ▁and ▁police ▁stations , ▁as ▁cl ash es ▁er upt ed ▁near ▁the ▁Air ▁Force ▁intelligence ▁headquarters ▁in ▁Ale ppo ' s ▁north western ▁Z ah ra a ▁district . ▁Reb els ▁over ran ▁several ▁police ▁stations ▁and ▁posts ▁in ▁the ▁central ▁and ▁southern ▁districts ▁of ▁Bab ▁al - N er ab , ▁Al - M iers a , ▁and ▁Sal h ain , ▁se izing ▁significant ▁amounts ▁of ▁arms ▁and ▁am mun ition . ▁ ▁The ▁Sy rian ▁military ▁continued ▁its ▁attempt ▁to ▁capture ▁Sal ah ed d ine , ▁while ▁bomb ing ▁re bel - h eld ▁territ ories ▁throughout ▁the ▁city . ▁Amb ush es ▁and ▁execution s ▁were ▁common . ▁The ▁Army ▁appeared ▁to ▁have ▁made ▁little ▁effort ▁in ▁sending ▁ground ▁forces ▁to ▁re capt ure ▁the ▁central ▁and ▁southern ▁districts . ▁The ▁loyal ist ▁al - Bar re ▁milit ia ▁began ▁to ▁cl ash ▁with ▁re bel ▁forces ▁in ▁southern ▁Ale ppo ▁and ▁near ▁the ▁city ' s ▁sout he astern ▁international ▁air port . ▁Cl ash es ▁between ▁the ▁tribes men ▁and ▁the ▁reb els ▁es cal ated ▁after ▁Z ino ▁Ber ri ' s ▁execution . ▁ ▁St alem ate ▁▁ ▁From ▁ 3 ▁to ▁ 5 ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁the