Massive Explosions Reported in Militants’ Munitions Depot West of Aleppo

Several loud blasts were reported as the Syrian army said it has targeted and destroyed a large ammunition depot of al-Nusra Front in the Western countryside of Aleppo.

A large munitions depot of al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front in al-Mansoura came under massive attack of the Syrian army, in which all the weapons and light and heavy ammunition were exploded.

Many of the Nusra combatants were also killed in the explosions.

Army sources announced on Friday that the Syrian Army, popular forces and Hezbollah, backed up by the Russian airstrikes, have taken control of nearly 341 square kilometers of land in the Northern province of Aleppo, The sources said that the Syrian Army’s 4th Mechanized Division, the Syrian Armed Forces, Hezbollah, and their Iraqi allies have taken control of 341 square kilometers of territory since early October in Southern Aleppo.

As a result of their success in Southern Aleppo, the Syrian Armed Forces and their allies have paved the way for their reentry into the Idlib province, the province that they were forced to withdraw from over the summer.