Aleppo: Allied opposition groups on offensive, ISIS, SDF retreat

Allied opposition fighting groups succeeded on Sunday in controlling more than fifteen villages in Aleppo northern countryside after heavy clashes with Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) in Jarablus  Orient News correspondent said.

The media office in the opposition’s Murad Brigade fighting group said Sunday that al-Ashoriyya, Qeyrata Om Rawetha Tehtani were among the last villages controlled villages after Ein al-Baida, al-Amarneh, Dabes, Bier Kusa, Blaban, al-Hajjaj al-Janoubi, Nazl Hussein, al-Mghayer and al-Khirbeh. 

Meanwhile, opposition fighters captured a number of SDF terrorists after a well-planned ambush in the village of Kara Graf to the south of Jarablus, according to Orient News correspondent who added that medium weapons and amounts of ammunition were seized in the operation.

On the other side, to the east of al-Raa’i town, opposition fighters controlled six villages, including Karsinli, Sheikh Ya’coub, Balwairan, al-Zahiryya, and al-Mudallala after heavy clashes with ISIS terrorists who withdrew after dozens were killed and injured among their ranks.