(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 people, including 3 children and 2 women, have been killed in regime air strikes on the northern town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province, volunteer rescuing group said Tuesday.
The Civil Defense said tens more were wounded in the attack on the southern countryside that left huge destruction.
In Aleppo province, Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army and coalition airstrikes have killed 12 ISIS fighters, the military said Tuesday.
In a statement, the General Staff said Turkey hit 57 ISIS and one PKK/PYD target on Monday, including defensive positions and mortars, as part of Operation Euphrates Shield in northern Syria.
The military added seven Syrian opposition fighters were wounded during Monday's clashes.
Operation Euphrates Shield was launched in late August to clear Syria's northern border area of terrorists. It is now in its 77th day.
The operation has seen both ISIS and PKK/PYD terrorist groups targeted by the opposition Free Syrian Army plus Turkish tanks, artillery and aircraft. The PKK and its Syrian offshoot, the PYD, are both listed as terrorist groups by Turkey although the U.S. and EU only view the PKK as a terrorist organization.
In its turn, regime forces were battling rebels for control of a strategically significant district of Aleppo on Tuesday, in what could be the most important advance in the divided city by Damascus and its allies in several weeks.
Combatant sources gave differing accounts of the situation in the 1070 Apartments district on the southwestern outskirts of Aleppo, which lies alongside the government's corridor into the parts of the city which it controls.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group that reports on the war, said government forces and their allies had seized full control of the district.
Officials in two rebel groups fighting in Aleppo said the battle was still raging in the area. Yasser Alyousef from the political office of the Nour al-Din al-Zinki group said rebels had recovered positions they had lost on Monday.
A military media unit run by the Damascus-allied Hezbollah meanwhile said the Syrian army and its allies had taken full control of the area. Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim group, is fighting in support of Damascus. (With agencies)
The Civil Defense said tens more were wounded in the attack on the southern countryside that left huge destruction.
In Aleppo province, Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army and coalition airstrikes have killed 12 ISIS fighters, the military said Tuesday.
In a statement, the General Staff said Turkey hit 57 ISIS and one PKK/PYD target on Monday, including defensive positions and mortars, as part of Operation Euphrates Shield in northern Syria.
The military added seven Syrian opposition fighters were wounded during Monday's clashes.
Operation Euphrates Shield was launched in late August to clear Syria's northern border area of terrorists. It is now in its 77th day.
The operation has seen both ISIS and PKK/PYD terrorist groups targeted by the opposition Free Syrian Army plus Turkish tanks, artillery and aircraft. The PKK and its Syrian offshoot, the PYD, are both listed as terrorist groups by Turkey although the U.S. and EU only view the PKK as a terrorist organization.
In its turn, regime forces were battling rebels for control of a strategically significant district of Aleppo on Tuesday, in what could be the most important advance in the divided city by Damascus and its allies in several weeks.
Combatant sources gave differing accounts of the situation in the 1070 Apartments district on the southwestern outskirts of Aleppo, which lies alongside the government's corridor into the parts of the city which it controls.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group that reports on the war, said government forces and their allies had seized full control of the district.
Officials in two rebel groups fighting in Aleppo said the battle was still raging in the area. Yasser Alyousef from the political office of the Nour al-Din al-Zinki group said rebels had recovered positions they had lost on Monday.
A military media unit run by the Damascus-allied Hezbollah meanwhile said the Syrian army and its allies had taken full control of the area. Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim group, is fighting in support of Damascus. (With agencies)
(Editing by Mohamed Hamdan)
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