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Syria bombs Aleppo militant-held area

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Syrian military helicopters have bombed an area in the city of Aleppo which has been under the control of foreign-backed militants, a report says.

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented in the report released on Monday that at least 27 people were killed in the strikes which occurred in the city’s al-Sukkari area.

The UK-based group, which relies on a network of spies working for the foreign-backed opposition, also said that a number of militants have been injured in the attacks.

Over the past months, Syrian army has achieved major victories in its battle against Takfiri groups across the Arab country, particularly in the strategic region of Qalamoun near the Lebanese border.

On Sunday, the Syrian army recaptured the town of Kasab in the province of Latakia.

The ethnic Armenian-inhabited town, which has been under siege by the foreign-backed militants for more than two months, is strategically important due to its vicinity to Syria’s only border crossing with Turkey.

On June 5, Syrian troops regained control of the town of al-Thawra in Kiswah district near the capital Damascus, killing a large number of militants. Sources said that army forces also destroyed militant hideouts in the nearby town of Zakia.

Syria has been gripped by deadly violence for more than three years. Over 160,000 people have reportedly been killed and millions of others displaced due to the turmoil fueled by the foreign-backed militants.

According to reports, Western powers and their regional allies – especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey – are supporting the militants operating inside Syria.

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