(ZamanAl Wasl)- Syrian rebels have recaptured on Thursday all checkpoints they lost to favor of regime forces the day before in the southern countryside of Aleppo province.
Field source told Zaman al Wasl that rebels have recaptured al-Hersh district near Khan Touman town from regime forces and its allied militias.
On Wednesday, rebels of the northern countryside backed by the reported help of Turkish artillery fire had gained ground against ISIS along a stretch of territory that Ankara aims to turn into a "safe zone," NOW News reported
Since the weekend, rebel factions in the Marea Operations Room regained four villages near the Turkish border that were seized by ISIS in a December offensive.
In their latest victory on Wednesday morning, Free Syrian Army-affiliated groups and Islamist battalions swept into the village of Baghdin following fierce overnight fighting, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Sham Legion announced Wednesday that it had wrested the village of Baghdin on the Syrian-Turkish border from ISIS, in the most recent in a slow series of advances against the group that have reportedly been achieved with Turkish support.
"The Sham Legion announces the total liberation of the village of Baghdin in northern Aleppo countryside from ISIS's Kharijite gangs," the moderate Islamist coalition said in a post on its Twitter feed, using an insulting Islamic term to refer to its adversary.
Over the past four days, insurgent groups in the Marea Operations Room have seized the nearby areas of Qarah Kubri, Qarah Mazraa and Al-Khirbeh, all of which lie to the east of Baghdin.
As the rebels fought against transnational group in the pitched battles in the northern Aleppo border region, reports began to emerge that Turkey was pummeling ISIS with artillery fire.
A pro-Syrian rebel outlet also reported Turkish artillery support for the rebels in the Marea Operations Room over the weekend.
El-Dorar said on Saturday that the Turkish army was shelling Qarah Kubri, Qarah Mazraa, Al-Ghazal and Al-Rai, among other villages, with not only heavy artillery but also mortar rounds. (With NOW English News)
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