(Zaman Al Wasl)- An Islamic State affiliate took three village from rebels in the southern province of Daraa on Monday, killing and wounding dozens of civilians and rebels, sources said.
Jaish Khaled Ibn al-Walid, an Islamist alliance pledged allegiance to ISIS two year ago, has captured villages of Tsil, Sahm al-Golan and Edwan, taking advantage of one week of regime heavy aerial bombing on rebel-held Daraa.
ISIS has bedhead several rebel fighters in brutal vengeance, according to field sources.
In return, Powerful Southern Front has blocked the roads leading to ISIS-held Yarmouk Basin.
On Sunday, heavy clashes continued in Daraa, where rebels said they had made progress in a week-long offensive where they hope to seize the strategic district of Manshiya.
Rebels said their capture of the district would thwart repeated army attempts to rupture supply lines linking rebel-held areas to the east and west of the city.
The army has also been trying to recapture a main border crossing with Jordan that has been in rebel hands near Manshiya.
Russian and Syrian army jets on Sunday attacked the rebel-held border-town of Nasib, near Deraa, killing at least six civilians, a rebel spokesman and a medic said.
Air strikes have intensified in the last few days on towns to the west, north and east of Deraa. Residents said the attacks had put out of action several field hospitals and a major storage tank providing water in rebel-held territory. (With Reuters)
Jaish Khaled Ibn al-Walid, an Islamist alliance pledged allegiance to ISIS two year ago, has captured villages of Tsil, Sahm al-Golan and Edwan, taking advantage of one week of regime heavy aerial bombing on rebel-held Daraa.
ISIS has bedhead several rebel fighters in brutal vengeance, according to field sources.
In return, Powerful Southern Front has blocked the roads leading to ISIS-held Yarmouk Basin.
On Sunday, heavy clashes continued in Daraa, where rebels said they had made progress in a week-long offensive where they hope to seize the strategic district of Manshiya.
Rebels said their capture of the district would thwart repeated army attempts to rupture supply lines linking rebel-held areas to the east and west of the city.
The army has also been trying to recapture a main border crossing with Jordan that has been in rebel hands near Manshiya.
Russian and Syrian army jets on Sunday attacked the rebel-held border-town of Nasib, near Deraa, killing at least six civilians, a rebel spokesman and a medic said.
Air strikes have intensified in the last few days on towns to the west, north and east of Deraa. Residents said the attacks had put out of action several field hospitals and a major storage tank providing water in rebel-held territory. (With Reuters)
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