(Zaman Al Wasl-SOHR)- Fighters of Ahrar al-Sham Movement have killed 14 regime army troops in Aleppo province, pressing advances as they took control of 5 villages in northern countryside, monitoring group said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported violent clashes in the town of al Sfireh in the northern eastern countryside of Aleppo between the Islamic movement of Ahrar al- Sham and the regime forces.
The clashes resulted in the death of 14 soldiers from the regime forces and 5 fighters at least from Ahrar al- Sham, the observatory said.
The Movement that has lost its commander Hassan Abboud last month with other 44 senior commanders in an explosion hit their secret meeting, has taken control of 5 villages in the first day of announcing the battle named “ Zaeir al Ahrar” ( En: Freemen Roar) in Aleppo.
The observatory said this battle, as what is mentioned in a statement by the Movement, aimed to “strike three sites of the army which are al Adnaneyyi, al Zera’ah al Foqaneyyi and al Zera’ah al Tehtaneyyi in order to open a road to attack the Defense Factories from which the helicopters take off in order to drop barrel bombs onto Aleppo, Idelb and Hama.
In a case of controlling the Defense Factories the main supply line for the regime forces in Aleppo will be cut off”. Information reported that the Movement’s fighters could destroy 2 helicopters trying to take off from the Defense Factories, the Britain-based monitoring said.
The importance of taking control over the Defense Factories, which are adjacent to the town of al Sfireh, comes from being the start point of the military operations of the regime army supported by militiamen towards the fronts of the Industrial Area, al Sheikh Najjar, the Central Prison of Aleppo and the airbase of al Nayrab. This also will led to cut off the supply line of the regime forces from Aleppo to Hama from Khanaser side. These factories produce the barrel bombs that dropped onto the city of Aleppo and its countryside.
In addition to, the control of these factories will led to besiege the regime forces inside the town of al Sfireh as well as the two towns of Tal Aran and Tal Hasel located in the northwest of al Sfireh by Ahraro al- Sham Movement and Islamic State which bombarded few hours ago areas in the regime- held towns of Tal Aran and Tal Hasel.
Meanwhile, the U.N. says more than 190,000 people have been killed since the start of Syria's uprising against President Bashar Assad in March 2011.
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