Russia currently not considering a new truce<br /><br /> Government forces reportedly capture a strategic hilltop<br /><br /> At least 16 civilians die in attacks on the province of Idlib<br /><br /> Russia says it is not currently considering a new truce in the Syrian city of Aleppo.<br /><br /> Moscow announced a unilateral, 11-hour ceasefire last Thursday and promised safe-passage from the city for civilians, opposition fighters and injured people.<br /><br /> The cessation was later extended for a further two days.<br /><br /> “The question of renewing the humanitarian pause is not relevant now,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has told the Interfax news agency.<br /><br /> For the ceasefire to be reinstated, “our opponents must ensure appropriate behaviour by the anti-government groups that in particular sabotaged the medical evacuation that was intended during the humanitarian pause,” he continued.<br /><br /> Fighting resumed in Aleppo on Saturday night, after the lull meant to allow rebels and civilians to leave the eastern districts expired without anyone leaving.<br /><br /> Russia says ‘humanitarian pause’ in Syria’s Aleppo ended on Saturday – agencies https://t.co/CZTGEQAxmN— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) October 24, 2016<br /><br /> Bazo<br /><br /> Syrian state media and opposition activists say government forces and their allies have captured a strategic high point in Aleppo.<br /><br /> The Sana news agency says government troops have taken the hilltop of Bazo on the southern edge of the city.<br /><br /> Sana says rebels shelled government-held neighbourhoods, killing one person and wounding seven.<br /><br /> Footage released on Monday by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media showed intense fighting allegedly in the Bazo area.<br /><br /> The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Bazo was taken amid heavy bombardment.<br /><br /> Idlib<br /><br /> 16 civilians, including three children, were killed on Monday in air raids and rocket attacks in the province of Idlib.<br /><br /> The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says seven people, including two women and a child, died in an air strike on the town of Khan Cheikhoun in the south of the region.<br /><br /> Seven other people, including four women and four children, were killed in attacks on Kafer Takharim in the north of the province, the Observatory says.<br /><br /> Rescuers are searching through the rubble at both sites to try and find survivors.<br /><br /> “My sister’s house was here, she and her daughter are now dead, along with another family,” said one man.<br /><br /> In tweets<br /><br /> Syrian army establishes control over Talet Bazo in Aleppo https://t.co/JQpqAsaqrv #Iran— Mehr News Agency (@MehrnewsCom) October 24, 2016<br /><br /> #Syria | #SyrianArmy captured Tell Ahad (Tell Bazo) in southern #Aleppo after fierce clashes with rebels pic.twitter.com/cWgK2mXBUX— Syria Today (@todayinsyria) October 24, 2016<br /><br /> Initial reports of 6 killed & many injured after #Kafr_Takharim in #Idlib was targeted with an airstrike last night.https://t.co/7yzW74JRrW pic.twitter.com/sRZBdQcoeo— The White Helmets (@SyriaCivilDef) October 24, 2016<br />
