Syrian governmental troops bombarded afreen and Kholsa

Explosions have been heard in areas of Afreen village of Aleppo’s norther country side, leading to material damages with no information about humanitarian losses. The Syrian governmental fighter jets executed raids targeting Kholsa village of Aleppo’s southern countryside. The governmental troops raided the village of Al Fares leading to material damages with no information about humanitarian losses.

The Syrian fighter jets bombarded areas of Kafer Joom and Sheikh Soliman area in Aleppo’s western countryside, leading to material damages and the killing of a boy and child in addition to the injury of others. The governmental troops resumed clashes with the extremist elements of ISIS in Palmyra’s desert in the surrounding areas of the oil fields, as the governmental troops attempt to control the clashes areas controlled by ISIS.

The governmental troops raided Arbeen town of Damascus’ eastern ghouta, as they targeted areas in Harasta with a number of shells leading to material damages with no information about humanitarian losses. The residents of Madaya city found the body of young man with signs of torture. They accused the governmental authorities of killing him.

The Syrian fighter jets bombarded areas in Jebel Al Sheikh of Damascus’ western country side with bombing barrels with no information about humanitarian losses. They also bombarded areas in the towns of Najia and Bedama leading to material damages with no information about humanitarian losses. Four fighter of Idlib’s Free Army have been killed during the bombardment of their area between the towns of Hass and Kafer Noble.

Air strikes killed 23 civilians, including eight children, on Thursday in countryside around the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the Islamic State's base in Syria, a war monitoring group said. The warplanes were believed to belong to the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State militants, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The jets struck the village of al-Matab southeast of Raqqa, near the Euphrates River, the Observatory said, adding that several air raids had also pounded areas east of the city. An alliance of Syrian militias has been waging an offensive on Raqqa with air strikes and special ground forces from the U.S.-led coalition. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces cut the last main road out of Raqqa this week, severing the highway between the city and the militant group's stronghold of Deir al-Zor.

Air strikes pounded a town in the eastern Syrian province of Deir al-Zor on Thursday, killing seven civilians and injuring more than 70 others, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Britain-based war monitoring group said two warplanes, believed to be Russian, dropped nearly two dozen bombs on al-Mayadin in the Islamic State stronghold of Deir al-Zor.

The strikes hit a school sheltering displaced people, a bakery and residential areas in the town, which lies along the Euphrates river, the Observatory said. The Syrian government and its Russian ally have repeatedly said they only target militants.

Islamic State controls most of Deir al-Zor province, which borders Iraq, including more than half the city of the same name. The ultra-hardline jihadist group has besieged the remaining government-held areas of Deir al-Zor city for nearly two years. Jets also hit the southern outskirts of the city on Thursday, the Observatory said.

Islamic State fighters launched their biggest attack in months on the government-held part of the city earlier in January, in a battle that killed dozens. The Syrian and Russian air forces hit back against Islamic State positions, and have regularly struck the city and surrounding rural areas since then, the Observatory said.