(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels launched Saturday a counterattack on regime forces and allied militias in the southern countryside of Aleppo province, seizing control of three towns, field commander told Zaman al-Wasl.
Rebels have recaptured al-Khalediya town and big parts of Barneh and Zeitan towns despite regime's aerial bombing, local reporter said.
Rebels on Friday thwarted major attack launched by regime forces on Handarat district near Aleppo city.
Bashar al-Assad's forces aim to capture the strategic Handarat camp to cut rebels supply route as well to encircle rebel-held Aleppo, residents say.
Nearby Castillo road was also a joint task for Assad forces and the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) to tighten the noose of rebel-held Aleppo.
Senior YPG commander died of his wounds on Friday due to Castillo clashes, activists said.
The Turkish national, known as 'Jiya', was the YPG's military commander in Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood of Aleppo city.
Jiya was a prominent member in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). He joined Syria's branch a year ago coming from Qandil Mountains in Northern Iraq.
Jiya was buried in Efrin town on Friday amid secrecy, activist said.
Rebels have also made advances against ISIS.
Lats Thursday, rebels seized control of ISIS’s main supply route to Turkey, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
“Rebel factions and Islamist took control of the northeast of Al-Rai,” a town occupied by ISIS on the border between Syria and Turkey, the Observatory said. “This is the main and one of the last crossing points with Turkey.”
Rebels have recaptured al-Khalediya town and big parts of Barneh and Zeitan towns despite regime's aerial bombing, local reporter said.
Rebels on Friday thwarted major attack launched by regime forces on Handarat district near Aleppo city.
Bashar al-Assad's forces aim to capture the strategic Handarat camp to cut rebels supply route as well to encircle rebel-held Aleppo, residents say.
Nearby Castillo road was also a joint task for Assad forces and the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) to tighten the noose of rebel-held Aleppo.
Senior YPG commander died of his wounds on Friday due to Castillo clashes, activists said.
The Turkish national, known as 'Jiya', was the YPG's military commander in Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood of Aleppo city.
Jiya was a prominent member in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). He joined Syria's branch a year ago coming from Qandil Mountains in Northern Iraq.
Jiya was buried in Efrin town on Friday amid secrecy, activist said.
Rebels have also made advances against ISIS.
Lats Thursday, rebels seized control of ISIS’s main supply route to Turkey, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
“Rebel factions and Islamist took control of the northeast of Al-Rai,” a town occupied by ISIS on the border between Syria and Turkey, the Observatory said. “This is the main and one of the last crossing points with Turkey.”
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