Syria war: Assad officials offer Aleppo rebels football match
The Syrian government has dropped leaflets inviting rebels in the war-torn city of Aleppo to a "friendly" football match, as a goodwill gesture. BBC reports.
Messages sent to phones and posted on social media also said the government's enemies were welcome to attend the game on Thursday at the Hamdania Stadium.
Rebels in the besieged east of the city were offered safe passage.
Government forces have been bombarding eastern Aleppo for weeks and recently rolled back a rebel offensive.
The rebels have in turn been shelling the government-held west of the city.
Some 275,000 people live under siege in the east, with dwindling supplies of food and medicine.
While the rebels' response was not immediately known, they have previously rejected government offers of safe passage out of the city.