Reports | 25 05 2020
The " Army of Conquest" consisting of the factions of Ahrar al-Sham and Fatah al-Sham "Jabhat Nusra Previously", has announced on Sunday the launch of a battle "Lift the Siege of Aleppo", and that was after the Syrian regime has progressed and besieged the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo controlled by the opposition factions.
Launching the battle came after the Syrian regime had progressed on the “Castello” and “Mallah” roads, and controlled “Bani Zeid” in Aleppo, that meant that the opposition strongholds may be surrounded.
In Aleppo, Rozana reporter “Amer Al-faj” said, "The air strikes hit the town of Atarib, the western countryside of Aleppo, what led to casualties and the town hospital became out of service."
Also, an aerial bombardment is believed to be Russian, has hit a hospital in the northern Aleppo countryside “Anadan” what led to making it out of service, according to (the Local Coordination Committees).
On Monday, the battle of "lift the siege of Aleppo”, continued and led by the "Army of Conquest", and a Russian helicopter was shot down in Idlib, and killed five Russian soldiers were on board, in conjunction with the continued progress of " Democratic Forces of Syria" in Manbej.
Clashes took place between the regime's army backed by fighters, including the Lebanese "Hezbollah,", on the one hand, and the army of conquest and other opposition factions on the other hand, on several axes in Aleppo south-western and southern countryside.
In a related context, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that a Russian helicopter dropped fire by anti-aircraft in the countryside of Idlib while returning from Aleppo, at a time when Russian presidency confirmed that five Russian soldiers, including two officers, were on board the plane, died all.
In Aleppo, a spokesman for "Democratic Forces of Syria," Shirvan Darwish, declared that "70% of the city Manbej controlled by ISIS, has been controlled by SDF."
In regard to "the battle of Aleppo," a spokesman of (Ahrar al-Sham) said that the opposition factions came close to break the siege of the eastern districts of Aleppo, pointing out that the factions in the process of transition to the second phase of the battle, without giving further detail.
In Hama, Rozana reporter pointed that "factions of the opposition launched an attack on the Syrian regime’s checkpoints in “Zara” in order to support Aleppo, in a battle called “today's your day Aleppo." according to Rozana reporter "Abdo Jail".
On Monday, a number of people have suffocated and had symptoms of poisoning caused by dumping explosive barrels containing poisonous gas on Sarakeb in Idlib countryside, and that was after the fall of the Russian military helicopter there and killed its crew.