(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 20 people have been on Saturday in regime air strikes on Aleppo province, activists said as regime war planes extend aerial bombing on the main gate of rebel-held districts.
The bombing on rebel-held areas has killed more than 70 people since Thursday, monitoring groups said.
Regime backed by Russia jets have intensified air strikes on strategic Castillo road, the last supply route for about 400,000 people live in rebel-held Aleppo.
The rebel local council of Aleppo said regime military had targeted Castillo road in May by 1260 barrel bombs, 1700 missiles, 92 cluster bombs, 56 surface-to-surface missiles and more than 2000 mortar shells.
In their turn, rebels have targeted regime bastion in Tellat al-Sheikh Yousef, hilltop overlooks on Castillo road, with two Kornet missiles, killing and wounding dozens, including three officers, Major. Yaser Abdul Rahim , head if Fatah Halab Operations Room told Zaman al-Wasl
On Friday, the Conquest Army, including fighters from Ahrar la-Sham and Nusra Front, seized control of Ma'rata and ammunition depots near Khan Touman town, killing dozens of army soldiers.
Last Month, Islamist rebels had inflicted humiliating defeats on the Iranian revolutionary Guards and allied Shi'ite militia where dozens had been killed and wounded. in the southern countryside.
-Marea still defiant-
Rebels of Marea town have also thwarted an ISIS attack to overrun the town, killing 30 militants.
A U.S.-led coalition fighting against Islamic State in Syria air-dropped weapons to rebels in the town of Marea on Thursday, a rebel commander and monitoring group said.
The commander, requesting anonymity, told Reuters ammunition was dropped. "The alliance dropped them ammunition ... Their situation was difficult," he told Reuters, without elaborating.
ISIS has cut rebel supply lines from Azaz to the town of Marea farther southeast, isolating the latter from other rebel-held areas.
The ultra-hardline group has been fighting against rebels in the area for several months. The rebels, who are supplied via Turkey, last month staged a major push against Islamic State, but the group counter-attacked and beat them back.
The heavy aerial bombing has been accopined with massive exdos to Turkey as fierece figgting take place between rebels and the Islamic State.
The conflict in Syria remains the main driver of the refugee crisis, forcing more than 4.8 million people to become refugees in neighboring countries. Turkey currently shelters the majority of Syrian refugees, some 3 million. (With agencies)
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