Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Dozens of Jordanians and Syrians have staged a protest against Russia's involvement in the Syrian government's push to retake rebel-held areas of the city of Aleppo.

Protesters gathered Tuesday outside the Russian embassy in the Jordanian capital, Amman, chanting against Russian President Vladimir Putin.

They shouted "Freedom forever, against your will, Putin" and raised banners reading "Putin is a killer."

Jordanian parliament member Dina Tahboub says she joined to protest to "solidarity with our brothers being killed in cold blood in Syria, specifically in Aleppo."

Syrian government forces are on the verge of driving rebels from their remaining enclaves in the city, once Syria's largest. Thousands of civilians are believed to be trapped in Aleppo, amid U.N. reports of extra-judicial executions in the city.

*AP