The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights


Fighters from Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra take their positions on the front line during a clash with Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al Assad in Aleppo in this December 24, 2012 file photo. The most feared and effective rebel group battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Islamist Nusra Front, is being eclipsed by a yet more radical jihadi force. Al Qaeda's Iraq-based wing, which nurtured Nusra in the early stages of the rebellion against Assad, has moved in and sidelined the organisation, Nusra sources and other rebels say. To match Insight SYRIA-CRISIS/NUSRA REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah/Files (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Continued clashes between regime forces and Jabhat al-Nusra in southern Aleppo

Aleppo province: More shells fired by rebels fell on several neighborhoods under control by the regime in Aleppo city what wounded a number of civilians. A child was killed while others were wounded by rebel shells targeted Shekh Abo Baker neighborhood. Clashes took place between regime forces and rebels in Bustan al-Basha. IS targeted the city of Mare’, no reports of losses. Aerial bombarded targeted the farmlands around Hreitan town leading to fire in the area.

Clashes continue between Jabhat al-Nusra backed by Islamic factions against regime forces backed by non-Syrian militiamen in the southern countryside of Aleppo amid targeting the area by suicide car by Jabhat al-Nusra, Jabhat al-Nusra advanced and took control on the hills of al-Qarasi, al-Hamira village and still attempting to take control on Khelsa village.

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