(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels took ground from Islamic State fighters in the northern countryside of Aleppo after fierce fighting left 15 ISIS militants killed, local activist said Friday.
Activist Omar al-Shamali told Zaman al-Wasl that rebels had killed 15 ISIS fighters in Tal Battal village.
Rebels have also seized control of Tal al-Dabbabat, or Tanks hill, from regime forces and parts of al-Eis hilltop in the southern countryside, al-Shamali added.
In its turn, regime warplane staged air strikes on the of towns of Banis, Tal Heddya, Ecarda hilltop and neighboring districts.
Regime army and allied militias are pressing hard to capture the main road links between Damascus and Aleppo to encircle Aleppo.
On Thursday, 9 rebel factions operating merged in one armed group, such a move aims to increase the effectivity of the brigades and to facilitate a unified military work in Aleppo, according to statement posted online.
The political office of the newly-formed al-Safwa al-Shamiyeh Battalions said its ready to cooperate with all formations of the Free Syrian Army in their battle against the Syrian regime and its allied militias.
Recently, Merging of rebel factions has been increased in rebel-held areas to come over rifts to face the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces and Russia-led regime forces.
On February 21, al-Muthanna battalions and Tajamou' Ahl al-Sunnah merged in Nour ed-Din al-Zinki Brigade, key rebel group in northern Syria.
The Syrian people have rallied in many occasions, urging rebels to unified in order to topple Bashar al-Assad and his regime.
Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held a phone call on Friday in which they discussed steps needed to strengthen the ceasefire in the Syrian war, Russia's Foreign Ministry said.
The U.S. military said on Friday it had started training "dozens" of Syrian opposition fighters to battle the Islamic State as part of a revamped program that aims to avoid mistakes that doomed its first training effort in Turkey last year.
U.S. Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Baghdad-based spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition battling Islamic State, told Pentagon reporters that no Syrian fighters had graduated yet from the new program.
Activist Omar al-Shamali told Zaman al-Wasl that rebels had killed 15 ISIS fighters in Tal Battal village.
Rebels have also seized control of Tal al-Dabbabat, or Tanks hill, from regime forces and parts of al-Eis hilltop in the southern countryside, al-Shamali added.
In its turn, regime warplane staged air strikes on the of towns of Banis, Tal Heddya, Ecarda hilltop and neighboring districts.
Regime army and allied militias are pressing hard to capture the main road links between Damascus and Aleppo to encircle Aleppo.
On Thursday, 9 rebel factions operating merged in one armed group, such a move aims to increase the effectivity of the brigades and to facilitate a unified military work in Aleppo, according to statement posted online.
The political office of the newly-formed al-Safwa al-Shamiyeh Battalions said its ready to cooperate with all formations of the Free Syrian Army in their battle against the Syrian regime and its allied militias.
Recently, Merging of rebel factions has been increased in rebel-held areas to come over rifts to face the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces and Russia-led regime forces.
On February 21, al-Muthanna battalions and Tajamou' Ahl al-Sunnah merged in Nour ed-Din al-Zinki Brigade, key rebel group in northern Syria.
The Syrian people have rallied in many occasions, urging rebels to unified in order to topple Bashar al-Assad and his regime.
Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held a phone call on Friday in which they discussed steps needed to strengthen the ceasefire in the Syrian war, Russia's Foreign Ministry said.
The U.S. military said on Friday it had started training "dozens" of Syrian opposition fighters to battle the Islamic State as part of a revamped program that aims to avoid mistakes that doomed its first training effort in Turkey last year.
U.S. Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Baghdad-based spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition battling Islamic State, told Pentagon reporters that no Syrian fighters had graduated yet from the new program.
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