Islamist rebels have seized Base 46,
last headquarters for the State of Iraq and The Levant (ISIL) in western
countryside of Aleppo, Islamic Front sources told Zaman Alwasl.
The former regular army base was
under rebels’ control before expelling them by ISIL and controlling the
ammunition depots.
Rebels consider retaking the base is
big victory against the radical group, activists say.
People of the neighboring town,
Al Atareb, have praised the important event because ISIL’s militants used to
attack them from the base.
Since a fortnight, the Syrian
Revolutionaries Front and the nascent Mujahedeen Army, the Islamic Front has
been engaged in fierce fighting with ISIL in rebel-held areas.
Last week, rebels overran the Aleppo
headquarters of the ISIL, as claims emerged that the Al-Qaeda linked group had
massacred prisoners there in cold blood.
IF rebels also made a progress in
Jarabulus and the industrial zone of Sheikh Najjar near Aleppo city against the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Zaman Alwasl reporter said.
In relevant development, rebels
ambushed yesterday Assad’s army troops in Sheikh Said district of Aleppo on
Thursday, leaving 20 soldiers dead, Islamic Front source told Zaman Alwasl.
As a response to the mounting loss,
ISIL carried
a string of car bombs have hit the
Islamist rebels' barracks and checkpoints since the infighting has erupted two
weeks ago.
Suicide attacks and blasts seemed to
be one of most dangerous war strategies by Al Qaeda radicals, which left dozens
of people killed and wounded.
The recent car bombs were in Idlib
and Aleppo like Jarabulus, Darkoush, Kafr Nouran, Auweirig village and most
formed ISIL’s headquarters.
Syrian activists yesterday posted
online a warning for people of rebel-held areas to avoid strange things and to
report about any suspicions of weird cars and baggage.
Syrian conflict is estimated to have
killed around 130,000 people and displaced millions more.
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