The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Regime forces backed by Hezbollah and Russian artillery reach 5-9 km from alJarah military airport

Regime forces backed by Hezbollah and Russian artillery are trying to advance over IS in the past 96 hours, as it were able to advance in the villages of Henaya, Om Mayal, Rasm Dawali, what rose the number of villages taken over by regime forces to 31 including the mentioned villages in addition to Samia, Kelsh, Tabara, Kherba Ashini, Job Abiad, Qeta, Saqia, Abo Jadha, Atwia, Fatehia, Hadla palace, Tal Maez, Roda, Raofia, Abo Jarin and Zaraya, om Talatil, Om Amad, Berlin, Gelsa, Abo Kahaf, Manfokha, Safri, Meri, in the northern eastern countryside of Aleppo.

These advances came after massive bombardment and aerial bombardment by Russian artillery and warplanes targeting IS locations with hundreds of airstrikes amid IS attacks targeting regime forces, the regime is 9km from Khafsa and 6 km from Khafsa water pumping station which is taken over by IS that cuts off the water from Aleppo 5km from al-Jarah military airport.