Army General Staff Confirms Full Control of Syrian Army over Aleppo Power Plant

In a statement, Mayhoub said that liberation of the Aleppo power plant came following a series of concentrated and precise operations backed up by the Syrian and Russian Air Forces and the Russian Aerospace Forces.

He further added that the pro-government forces also restored security and stability to a number of towns in the province’s Eastern part after destroying the ISIL bases and concentration centers.

Also on Saturday, the Syrian army regained control of two more strategic villages in the Eastern part of Aleppo province on Saturday.

The army units took full control of the villages of Zaalaneh and Um Tarakiya in Eastern Aleppo near the thermal power station.

Scores of militants were killed and wounded and their military grid was also destroyed in heavy clashes with the Syrian army and popular forces.