8 casualties in shelling on al-Castelo road and 20 persons killed in fierce fighting in the vicinity of Marea and “Turkish” bombing on the northern countryside of Aleppo

Aleppo Province:
Warplanes bombed areas in al-Castelo road which is the only main road between the city of Aleppo and its northern and northwestern countryside, and the bombing targeted a passenger bus which resulted in the death of 8 citizens at least and injured others, also warplanes bombed this morning areas in the town of Huraytan in the northern countryside of Aleppo, no information about injuries, while local sources said that “Turkish forces” bombed after midnight yesterday areas controlled by the “Islamic State” in the villages of Hor Nahr, Tlalin, Tal Maled, Kafrkalbin and Kaljibrin in the northern countryside of Aleppo, while the regime forces shelled after midnight yesterday areas in Tallat al-Eis and the towns of Zorba and Khan Tuman in the southern countryside of Aleppo, also helicopters bombed after midnight yesterday areas in the town of Khan Tuman in the southern countryside of Aleppo, also since the post-midnight until dawn of today several shells launched by the rebel and Islamic Factions and fell on regime forces’ controlled areas in neighborhoods of Al-Masharqa and Bostan al-Zahra and al-Fayd area in Aleppo, also warplanes carried out after midnight yesterday several raids on areas in the neighborhoods of Masaken Hanano, Bustan al-Qasr and Dawwar al-Jandoul in Aleppo, no information about injuries, accompanied by dropping barrel bombs by helicopters on areas in the neighborhoods of Bani Zaid, Aqyoul,  Kallaseh, Bostan al-Qasr and Leiramon north of Aleppo, and information about casualties and injuries in Kallaseh neighborhood.

In a related development, violent clashes are taking place since shortly after midnight until this early morning between the rebel and Islamic Factions against the “Islamic State” in several areas in the vicinity of the city of Marea in the northern countryside of Aleppo, and clashes were accompanied by shelling on the organization using rockets and artillery shells on areas in Marea city, while two explosions were heard this morning in the city’s surroundings caused by detonating two booby trapped cars by the organization in the area, the clashes and bombings resulting in the deaths of eight fighters from factions as well as the killing of 12 members from the organization, while warplanes opened heavy machineguns’ fire after midnight yesterday on areas in neighborhoods of Hulk, Ansari and the roundabout of Jesr al-Hajj, while clashes took place between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the rebel and Islamic Factions in the vicinity of the neighborhoods of Bustan al-Qasr, Al-Masharqa and Bostan al-Basha in Aleppo, also a missile believed to be ground-to-ground launched after midnight yesterday by the regime forces and fell on area in the neighborhood of Bustan al-Qasr coincided with opening heavy machineguns’ fire by the regime forces on areas in the neighborhood, the regime forces also shelled after midnight yesterday areas on the road of al-Castelo north of Aleppo, which is witnessing for several days intense bombardment by the warplanes and the regime forces in an attempt to cut the only road between the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo and Aleppo’s countryside, also SOHR documented the death of a college female student by a sniper shot in the neighborhood of al-Ramouseh which is under the control of the regime forces in Aleppo.