Islamist rebels including Nusra Front on monday have thwarted Islamic State attack on Sheikh Reeh village in northern Aleppo, killing more than 20 fighters, activists said.
The surprise attack of ISIS, which started on Sunday by capturing areas close to a border crossing with Turkey, has set the alarm bells through over Syria north what pushed rebels to unite and send more reinforcements to back up rebels near the Turkish border, according to Zaman al-Wasl reporter.
Residents in eastern Aleppo said convoys of rebel fighters were heading back to northern countryside to repel Islamic State.
Islamic State captured the town of Soran Azaz and two nearby villages after clashes with fighters from a northern rebel alliance, which includes both Western-backed rebels and Islamist fighters.
Rebels seek prevent ISSI from moving along a road leading north to the Bab al-Salam crossing between the Syrian province of Aleppo and the Turkish province of Kilis, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
"The main supply line between Turkey and Aleppo will be severely affected," Abu Bakr, an alliance field commander, said in a online message.
The Levant Front was created in Aleppo in an effort to forge unity among factions in Syria that have often fought each other as well as the Syrian army and hardline jihadist groups, undermining the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.
Rebels said the Islamic State gains had upset plans for a wider offensive that was being prepared ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan to seize government-controlled parts of Aleppo. (With Reuters)
The surprise attack of ISIS, which started on Sunday by capturing areas close to a border crossing with Turkey, has set the alarm bells through over Syria north what pushed rebels to unite and send more reinforcements to back up rebels near the Turkish border, according to Zaman al-Wasl reporter.
Residents in eastern Aleppo said convoys of rebel fighters were heading back to northern countryside to repel Islamic State.
Islamic State captured the town of Soran Azaz and two nearby villages after clashes with fighters from a northern rebel alliance, which includes both Western-backed rebels and Islamist fighters.
Rebels seek prevent ISSI from moving along a road leading north to the Bab al-Salam crossing between the Syrian province of Aleppo and the Turkish province of Kilis, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
"The main supply line between Turkey and Aleppo will be severely affected," Abu Bakr, an alliance field commander, said in a online message.
The Levant Front was created in Aleppo in an effort to forge unity among factions in Syria that have often fought each other as well as the Syrian army and hardline jihadist groups, undermining the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.
Rebels said the Islamic State gains had upset plans for a wider offensive that was being prepared ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan to seize government-controlled parts of Aleppo. (With Reuters)
Zaman Al Wasl
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