After Jarjnaz, regime forces advance into Maarrat Al-Nu’man countryside and get within four km close Aleppo – Damascus Highway

Fierce clashes erupted in Tal Mannas town led the town to fall in the regime grip, after the regime forces imposed control over Jarjnaz town yesterday. Thus, the regime forces got within four km close to Aleppo – Damascus International Highway that passes through Maarrat Al-Nu’man city.

In the same context, the regime forces advanced to the north into the area of Maasaran town after taking control of Balqah village, in which clashes erupted in the eastern parts of the town.

Towns of Maarshourin, Maarshmarin, Maarshamsheh, Al-Ghadfah and Maasaran in the eastern and north-eastern countryside of Maarrat Al-Nu’man, came under preliminary intensive artillery shelling.

The number of villages that came under control of the regime forces in 100 hours after the operation was launched on Thursday, December 19, rose to 45 areas, they are: Um Jalal, Um Al-Twaina, Al-Khariba, Al-Rabia, Al-Sharaa, Bernan, Sahal, Al-Farajeh, Abu Habeh, Al-Rafeh, Al-Serj, Haran, Al-Sayyadi, Tal al-Damm, Katra, Tal Al Shiekh, al-Brisa, Mazra’aat Al-Ali, Al-Burj, al-Haraki, Al-Minzar, Tahtaya, Al-Halbeh, al-Qarati, Karsatna, Al-M’eisruneh, Sakiya, Al-Tah, Al-Sarman, Abu Makki, Marata, Faalul, Al Haditha, Abu Dafnah, Taqana, and Jarjanaz, al-Metrawa, Kherbet al-Srouni, al-Bestan, al-Ma’asara, Kherbet Arnaba, Msibteh, Abu Sharji, Balqah and Tal Mannas, in addition to small farms.

In the same context, it rose to 10, the number of casualties of the regime forces since after midnight, in addition to 19 casualties of the Jihadi groups in shelling and clashes, also the Syrian Observatory documented since the beginning of the ground offensive 249 casualties of both parties, they are: 108 of the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them, and 141 fighters including 21 of the factions and the rest are of the Jihadis.