Syrian regime forces advance towards al-Bab, launches airstrikes

One person was killed and 10 others injured on Friday morning following shells on Hamdaniya area, which is under the control of the regime forces in Aleppo city, while a young man was killed after a mine detonated in the neighborhood of al-Sekkary on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the regime forces shelled areas in the southern countryside of Aleppo, no information about casualties.
In the same context, the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them managed to control al-Mamoun University and al-Madyouniyyeh village and its farms, following a violent clashes after an attack carried out by the regime forces, led by Tiger Groups for the 9th day in a row in the eastern countryside of Aleppo and the southwestern area of al-Bab city.
It is noteworthy that the wide military operation by the regime forces was led by the Brigadier Suhail Hassan, who has a previous experience in the same area back in 2016 that ended by the regime forces’ control of the Power Plant in the mid of February 2016, where the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them have launched their military operation in the 17th of January 2017, and were able today -which is after a weak of their attack- to control 17 village and town, and reach to about 8 km away of the southwestern area of al-Bab city, the regime forces are now on the contact line with “Euphrates Shield” which are west of al-Bab city, these clashes for the 8th day between the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them against the “Islamic State” organization; which are accompanied by intense artillery and air shelling, and exchange of targeting between both parties, have killed tens of members of both parties in addition to injuring tens of others.