The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The regime forces advance again in the southern countryside of Aleppo and take control of 3 hills

Aleppo Province:
The regime forces supported by fighters from of Syrian and Iranian nationalities and Hezbollah took control of the hills of al-Snobrat, al-Mahruqat and al-Syriatel in the vicinity of Khan Tuman town, after clashes against Al-Nusra Front (al-Qaeda in the Levant) and the rebel and Islamic Factions, which led to the death of 5 fighters, including the head of the local council for the town of Zerba and a member of the “Council of the Free Aleppo Province” during the clashes, and information about more casualties in the ranks of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, while clashes renewed between the regime forces supported by al-Ba’eth battalions against the rebel and Islamic factions in the vicinity of Bani Zaid neighborhood of Aleppo, amid mutual shelling and shooting by heavy machineguns, also sporadic clashes took place between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the rebel and Islamic Factions in the vicinity of Salah al-Din neighborhood in Aleppo, accompanied by a mutual shelling between both sides, while shells launched by the rebel and Islamic factions and landed on areas in al-Khaldiyyeh neighborhood in Aleppo, which caused injuries, also the regime forces bombed areas in the town of Masqan in the northern countryside of Aleppo, while the rebel and Islamic Factions targeted using a US-missile TOW positions for the regime forces in al-Hawija area in the southern countryside of Aleppo, which led to human losses in the ranks of the regime forces.