At least 112 people reported killed in battles across #Syria.http://on.cnn.com/LRWkGY
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- 200 people have been killed across Syria on Thursday, an opposition group says
- Turkey's prime minister says it is considering plans for a buffer zone in northern Syria
- Helicopter gunships flew over Aleppo and Damascus, opposition activists say
- "They must stop fighting and killing people now," U.N. secretary-general says
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Northern Syria (CNN) -- Undeterred by a wave of casualties, Syrian rebels say they will not back down in their quest to seize Aleppo, the country's commercial hub and its second-largest city.
After six days of fighting, the battle with government forces raged again Thursday as helicopter gunships flew over the city, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. At least one rebel fighter was killed, the group said.
"They don't seem to have the kind of weapons necessary," New Yorker reporter Jon Lee Anderson told CNNI's "Amanpour" from Aleppo about the rebels who, he said, believe the battle to be a decisive one.
"If Bashar al-Assad can't dislodge them from Aleppo, then it's over for him. So they have to fight to the death."
A rebel commander north of Aleppo told CNN he was sending 300 more fighters to bolster forces in Aleppo. The commander said the rebels were on the offensive in Aleppo, where 18 of 22 rebel brigades were located.
