ISIL Retreats from More Lands in Eastern Aleppo

The Syrian pro-government forces continued to push ISIL terrorists out of more positions and captured vast areas near the newly-liberated town of Za’araya and the towns of al-Roufiyeh and al-Rowzeh along the road to Um Al-Amd.

Army reports said ISIL suffered heavy casualties and its military equipment sustained major damage in the attacks.

In the meantime, the Syrian Army’s Joint Staff announced that government troops have deployed in the regions under the control of the Manbij Military Council Southwest of the town of Manbij.

Reports said earlier today that the army men engaged in fierce clashes with ISIL in Eastern Aleppo and imposed full control over the villages and towns of Zaaraya, Am Talatel, Um Al-Amad, Barleen, Abu Tawil, Rahmaniyah, Umm Miyal, and As Safre.

The newly-liberated villages have not been under government control since 2012.

The army soldiers also seized the hill ‘Tal Zaaraya’, some 11km Northeast of Deir Hafer, the last ISIL-held town in Aleppo province.

Meanwhile, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) officially handed over the adjacent village of Abu Al-Khaf after endorsing a Russian-brokered deal that will allow the Syrian troops to seize control of a large stretch of Kurdish-held territory West of Manbij.

The government troops are no more than 20 kilometers away from the Euphrates River.

Once deployed at the River, the Syrian pro-government forces would be capable of launching an offensive towards Raqqa, the ISIL’s capital.