Islamic State has published on the social media photos showing its last gains against Syrian regime and allied militias in the southern countryside of Aleppo city.
ISIS said on Friday it had taken control of eight army checkpoints on the road and cut off the regime army supply route to Aleppo, which was Syria's most populous city and commercial hub before the war broke out in 2011.
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 insurgent-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.
Zaman Al Wasl
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