(Zaman Al Wasl)- Nusra Front-led alliance on Saturday took Berna town in the southern countryside of Aleppo province, hours after seizing control of strategic Khalsa town, rebel source said.
The powerful Conquest Army made more gains by taking Berna town after Khalsa and Zaitan, Ahmed al-Ahmed, member in Failaq al-Rahman group told Zaman al-Wasl.
More than 50 regime troops and Shiite fighters were killed in the clashes including Iranian militants, according to al-Ahmed.
In Aleppo city, at least seven people died at dawn of Saturday in rebel shelling of the YPG-held neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo city.
More than 40 people were also wounded in the attack on the Sheikh Maqsoud area, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, a district next to the only way in and out of rebel-held parts of the northern city, the Castello road.
An escalation in air and artillery strikes in recent weeks around the road has made it virtually impassable, putting hundreds of thousands of people in Aleppo under effective siege, Reuters said.
Hundreds of people have been killed in Aleppo since peace talks broke off in April, as Bashar al-Assad seeks to regain control of the city now split between rebel and government sectors.
Many rebels in western Syria do not trust the YPG, because they say it cooperates with Damascus rather than fighting it, an accusation the YPG has denied.
A 48-hour ceasefire in Aleppo announced by Russia on Thursday had little impact on fighting and air strikes and shelling have continued since then.
Sheikh Maqsoud has been under intense bombardment since mid-February which has killed more than 132 civilians and injured around 900 more, the Observatory said. The death toll from Saturday's attacks was expected to rise, it added. (With agencies)
The powerful Conquest Army made more gains by taking Berna town after Khalsa and Zaitan, Ahmed al-Ahmed, member in Failaq al-Rahman group told Zaman al-Wasl.
More than 50 regime troops and Shiite fighters were killed in the clashes including Iranian militants, according to al-Ahmed.
In Aleppo city, at least seven people died at dawn of Saturday in rebel shelling of the YPG-held neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo city.
More than 40 people were also wounded in the attack on the Sheikh Maqsoud area, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, a district next to the only way in and out of rebel-held parts of the northern city, the Castello road.
An escalation in air and artillery strikes in recent weeks around the road has made it virtually impassable, putting hundreds of thousands of people in Aleppo under effective siege, Reuters said.
Hundreds of people have been killed in Aleppo since peace talks broke off in April, as Bashar al-Assad seeks to regain control of the city now split between rebel and government sectors.
Many rebels in western Syria do not trust the YPG, because they say it cooperates with Damascus rather than fighting it, an accusation the YPG has denied.
A 48-hour ceasefire in Aleppo announced by Russia on Thursday had little impact on fighting and air strikes and shelling have continued since then.
Sheikh Maqsoud has been under intense bombardment since mid-February which has killed more than 132 civilians and injured around 900 more, the Observatory said. The death toll from Saturday's attacks was expected to rise, it added. (With agencies)
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