Islamist rebels ambushed Assad’s army troops in Sheikh Said district of Aleppo on Thursday, leaving 20 soldiers dead, Islamic Front source told Zaman Alwasl.
IF rebels also made a progress in
the industrial zone of Sheikh Najjar near Aleppo city against the Islamic State
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Zaman Alwasl reporter said.
On other side, the Syrian government
has retaken territory around the northern city of Aleppo, the military said on
Tuesday, after two weeks of rebel infighting that has weakened the insurgency
against President Bashar al-Assad.
It said that regime forces, along
with militia loyal to Assad, were in "complete control" of the
Naqareen, Zarzour, Taaneh and Subeihieh areas along the eastern side of Aleppo,
which was the major Arab country's commercial hub and most populous city before
the conflict erupted in 2011.
Syrian conflict is estimated to have
killed around 130,000 people and displaced millions more.
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