(Zaman Al Wasl)- A pro-regime militia said 28 members were ambushed and killed by the Islamic State on Friday in the northern province of Aleppo.
The Iran-backed Liwa al Quds said in statement the ultra-hardline group attacked their checkpoints in Khanaser district last week, killing and wounding dozens.
ISIS has been fighting on two battlefields in Aleppo for the past few weeks where the Syrian army and Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army are pressing to capture territory at the border, including al-Bab town.
Islamic State has showed stubbornness on Sunday despite the gains made by the Turkish special forces and Free Syrian Army in its last stronghold of al-Bab in northern Aleppo province.
FSA took new ground from ISIS in the northern neighborhood but its defeat still not clear yet, a press officer in al-Jabha al-Shamiya group told Zaman al-Wasl.
Turkey has been carrying out a military operation in northern Syria since last August. Led by Free Syrian Army fighters, the Operation Euphrates Shield, aims to improve security, support coalition forces, and eliminate the terror threat along the Turkish border backed by Turkish artillery and jets.
The operation has focused on Al-Bab since early December.
The Iran-backed Liwa al Quds said in statement the ultra-hardline group attacked their checkpoints in Khanaser district last week, killing and wounding dozens.
ISIS has been fighting on two battlefields in Aleppo for the past few weeks where the Syrian army and Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army are pressing to capture territory at the border, including al-Bab town.
Islamic State has showed stubbornness on Sunday despite the gains made by the Turkish special forces and Free Syrian Army in its last stronghold of al-Bab in northern Aleppo province.
FSA took new ground from ISIS in the northern neighborhood but its defeat still not clear yet, a press officer in al-Jabha al-Shamiya group told Zaman al-Wasl.
Turkey has been carrying out a military operation in northern Syria since last August. Led by Free Syrian Army fighters, the Operation Euphrates Shield, aims to improve security, support coalition forces, and eliminate the terror threat along the Turkish border backed by Turkish artillery and jets.
The operation has focused on Al-Bab since early December.
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