The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Turkish forces and warplanes renew the shelling on al-Bab city after killing about 400 civilians and renew their attempts to advance in the city and its vicinity

Aleppo Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:
Explosions are shaking al-Bab city the larges stronghold for the “Islamic State” organization in the countryside of Aleppo, as a result of shelling by the Turkish forces and warplanes on areas in the city of which the “Islamic State” organization is still controlling most of it, in conjunction with clashes described as violent in the western outskirts of the city, and in the vicinity of the areas of Qabasin and Bzaah, between members of the organization against the rebel and Islamic Factions of the “Euphrates Shield” operation and the Turkish forces, amid exchange of targeting.

The clashes between both parties come in conjunction with achieving advancement in the southeastern countryside of al-Bab by the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them, and control the villages of Abu Jabbar and al-Maghara, which enabled them to reach a new area at ​​the main road between Tedef and al-Bab, and the eastern countryside of Aleppo which leads to the provinces of Al-Raqqah and Deir Ezzor, rising to 5, the number of villages controlled by the regime forces in the past 24 hours, where violent clashes took place yesterday between both parties in the eastern and northeastern countryside of Aleppo, the clashes between both parties were focused east of Aran area, in the south of al-Bab city, the Syrian Observatory for human rights was aware that the regime forces supported by the elite forces of Hezbollah have controlled 3 villages, they are Mansoura, Khirbet al-Jahsh and al-Jdaydeh.