(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighter on Wednesday have withdrawn from neighborhood took Tuesday in northern town of Sfiera near Aleppo after heavy clashes with Syrian regime troops and fighters from Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah, backed by Russian air strikes, according to Sfiera News Center.
ISIS militants who took neighborhoods of Jnainat and al-Aziziya lat on Tuesday were under barrage of air strikes reached 30, Enab Baladi website said.
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 wanted to 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 since regime and Shiite allies launched an offensive early October 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.
ISIS militants who took neighborhoods of Jnainat and al-Aziziya lat on Tuesday were under barrage of air strikes reached 30, Enab Baladi website said.
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 wanted to 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 since regime and Shiite allies launched an offensive early October 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.
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