The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

More than 60 members of the “Islamic State” organization and the regime forces were killed in the clashes, since the dawn of yesterday east of Aleppo

Aleppo province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has learned that clashes continue in several areas in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, between the “Islamic State” organization against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them and the elite forces of the Lebanese Hezbollah, in a continued attempt by the last mentioned to achieve more advancement and control the remaining villages, farms and the town of Maskanah in the far eastern countryside of Aleppo, the clashes are accompanied with exchange of renewed shelling and targeting between both parties, which caused more casualties in the ranks of both parties, rising to 22 at least including a brigadier in the ranks of the regime forces and commander of the intrusion force of the “Tiger forces” led by Suhail Al Hassan, the number of killed members of the regime forces and the loyalists gunmen since dawn yesterday, also it rose to 40 at least, the number of members of the organization who were killed since the dawn of yesterday too.