Latest battlefield update from east Aleppo: map

The Syrian Arab Army is rolling in the eastern countryside of Aleppo today, liberating two villages from the Islamic State (ISIS) forces amid the latter’s steady collapse near Al-Bab.

Not long after liberating two villages this morning, the Syrian Arab Army liberated the small town of Shuweilekh after overrunning the terrorist group’s defenses.

As a result of this advance, the Syrian Arab Army is now within striking distance of the strategic city of Deir Hafer; this is one of the Islamic State’s most important strongholds in the eastern countryside of Aleppo.