Syrian Army Advances in South of Eastern Aleppo, Terrorists Flee

While operations in the Eastern parts of Aleppo have focused on retaking al-Sha’ar, al-Halwaniyeh and al-Sakan al-Shababi (Youth Housing Complex), the Syrian army clashed with the terrorists in these districts and could advance and inflict heavy tolls and damages on the militants.

After several hours of fierce clashes, the Syrian army could reach the gates of Sad al-Loz market at the entrance of al-Sha’ar district to pave the ground for further advance in the terrorist-held areas.

Local sources reported that a large number of terrorists have retreated to the safer zones, including al-Sokri and al-Ameriyeh, in the Southern parts of Eastern Aleppo and are asking to be given amnesty or relocation by the government after the army advanced in the region and destroyed their artilleries, missile-launchers, bases and hideouts.

Tens of families who lived in al-Sha’ar and al-Ferdos districts in Eastern Aleppo and were used as human shield by the terrorists took the opportunity and escaped the region.

After the Syrian army retook control of all Northern parts of Eastern Aleppo city, the terrorist groups sent their forces from other fronts to al-Halwaniyeh, al-Sakan al-Shababi and al-Sha’ar districts which are considered as their defense lines in the Southern districts of Eastern Aleppo.

District after district have fallen into the hands of the Syrian army soldiers and their allies, forcing the terrorist groups to rapidly retreat to the South in order to avoid being overrun and outflanked by the pressing forces in Eastern Aleppo as the pro-government troops have already managed to take full control of the Northern flank of the Aleppo city’s Eastern districts.

With recapturing the Northern part of Eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo, Syrian army forces have turned their attention to the last half of the East Aleppo pocket.

The Syrian army and its allies started on Tuesday a new phase of military operations to recapture the remaining districts in the middle and Southern parts of Eastern Aleppo.

Syrian soldiers and their Hezbollah allies carried out a joint offensive against Jeish Al-Fatah’s strongholds Southeast of Aleppo city to reinvigorate security at the city’s International Airport.

The Syrian army men and Hezbollah fighters managed to move towards al-Halvanieh region after continuing their advances in al-Sakhour, Jabal al-Badrou and Arz al-Hamra regions.

“After breaking the terrorists’ defense lines at the entrance of al-Halvanieh, the Syrian army troops have entered the region and purged the Northeastern parts of the district of terrorists,” a battlefield source said, adding that “By purging the terrorists from this region, the Northeastern section of the International Aleppo Airport will grow more secure.”

Meanwhile, a growing number of militants are seen to be retreating or escaping the battle scenes as the Syrian army and its allies have expanded and sped up their operations in the Eastern districts of Aleppo.

The fear of being trapped in the Syrian army’s tightening siege has forced a larger number of terrorists to escape the regions under their control in the Eastern districts of Aleppo city.