The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

About 70 civilian and fighter casualties in the military operations in the northern countryside of Aleppo

Battels continues in the northern countryside of Aleppo, after the violent attack which was started by the “Islamic State” at the dawn of Friday the 27th of May 2016, after controlling Kafrkalbin, Nayyara and Brisheh and Jibreen Shmali and the town of Kaljibrin yesterday, cutting the supply roads between the cities of Mare’ and Azaz in addition their attack on the city of Mare’ after midnight yesterday and getting inside the walls of the city, where clashes are still taking place in the vicinity of Kafrkalbin village and the outskirts of Mare’ city between members from the organization against fighters from the rebel and Islamic factions, where the organization have detonated at least 9 booby trapped vehicles since yesterday, also the warplanes of the International Coalition carried out one sorties at least Friday afternoon targeting sites of the organization in Kaljibrin and Kafrkalbin, in addition to the fall of shells which targeted positions for the organization, local sources said that they were launched from the Turkish side by Turkish force.
The casualties rose since yesterday in the northern countryside of Aleppo, Mare’ and Kaljibrin to at least 68, including 41 fighters at least from the rebel and Islamic Factions killed in the shelling, bombings and clashes against the “Islamic state”, as  well as 27 civilian citizens -including 7 children at least and 5 citizens- were killed during the military operations which took place in the town of Kaljibrin north of Mare’ city, and information about another 10 people their fate is still unknown, it is unclear whether they were killed or they were able to flee to areas near the town in the northern countryside of Aleppo .