A new round of fierce fighting flared up Sunday between moderate rebels and forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad in the southern countryside of Aleppo city.
A rebel source in al Shamiyeh Front told Zaman al Wasl that dozens of regime troops and their allied militia have been killed in cement factory, the powerful army stronghold, near Sheikh Said neighborhood, one of strategic supply routes for Syrian regime.
Rebels also have recaptured Khasel village south of Aleppo, source said.
Areas around Aleppo have seen days of heavy fighting after Syrian troops backed by Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian fighters launched an offensive last week to retake territory around Aleppo from rebels and jihadist fighters.
The offensive has concentrated so far on clearing rebel-held areas south of Aleppo rather than the city itself, which is home to 2 million people and divided between government forces to the west and rebels in the east, Reuters reported.
The operation to retake areas around the northern city is one of several assaults carried out by pro-regime ground forces since Russian jets began carrying out air strikes on Sept. 30 in support of al-Assad.
Syrian troops are also trying to advance to the east of Aleppo towards Kweires military airport, aiming to break a siege of the base by Islamic State and other insurgents.
On Friday, fighters of the ultra-hardline Islamic State group took control of a section of road southeast of Aleppo, threatening the regime army's only supply route into the city, Reuters said.
Islamic State captured parts of a road running between the towns of Khanaser and Ithriya.
Zaman al Wasl reporter ISIS keep controlling the strategic road despite the huge reinforcements reached the Syrian army from Homs and Hama.
A rebel source in al Shamiyeh Front told Zaman al Wasl that dozens of regime troops and their allied militia have been killed in cement factory, the powerful army stronghold, near Sheikh Said neighborhood, one of strategic supply routes for Syrian regime.
Rebels also have recaptured Khasel village south of Aleppo, source said.
Areas around Aleppo have seen days of heavy fighting after Syrian troops backed by Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian fighters launched an offensive last week to retake territory around Aleppo from rebels and jihadist fighters.
The offensive has concentrated so far on clearing rebel-held areas south of Aleppo rather than the city itself, which is home to 2 million people and divided between government forces to the west and rebels in the east, Reuters reported.
The operation to retake areas around the northern city is one of several assaults carried out by pro-regime ground forces since Russian jets began carrying out air strikes on Sept. 30 in support of al-Assad.
Syrian troops are also trying to advance to the east of Aleppo towards Kweires military airport, aiming to break a siege of the base by Islamic State and other insurgents.
On Friday, fighters of the ultra-hardline Islamic State group took control of a section of road southeast of Aleppo, threatening the regime army's only supply route into the city, Reuters said.
Islamic State captured parts of a road running between the towns of Khanaser and Ithriya.
Zaman al Wasl reporter ISIS keep controlling the strategic road despite the huge reinforcements reached the Syrian army from Homs and Hama.
Zaman Al Wasl
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