Syrian army makes fresh advances in Aleppo

The Syrian Armed Forces gained the upper hand over Takfiri terrorists in Aleppo province, striking a major blow at them.
The towns of Nabl and Al-Zahra were the scenes of the heaviest clashes in the Aleppo countryside.
The Syrian troops gained control of several parts of the two towns after tough battles on Sunday.
Also in the past 24 hours, the Syrian army continued to gain more ground in its fight against Takfiri militants in nearby areas of Damascus, inflicting heavy casualties on the armed groups.
The army soldiers stormed the gathering centers of the rebels in Eastern Ghouta, killing and injuring a large number of them in the towns of Arbeen and Zamalka.
Also, the Syrian soldiers made major advances in the strategic city of Douma, and claimed the lives of too many militants in the areas of al-Nashabiye and al-Zamaniye.
Meantime, the Syrian troops clashed with the Takfiri militants in Jobar, and inflicted massive losses on them.
Elsewhere, the Syrian soldiers struck a major blow at the rebels in Talbiseh, al-Rastan and al-Waer, leaving a large number of them dead and injured in the districts of Housh al-Taleb, Ein Hussein, al-Janoubi and al-Billan in Homs.
Also, the army launched a major ground offensive on the insurgents in Aleppo nearby areas, claiming the lives of scores of them in Byanoun, Mare’a, Qadi Askar, Bab al-Nairab, al-Khalidiye, al-Manasher, Majbal al-Uwaiqa, and Hanano.
Elsewhere, the Syrian troops raided the strongholds of Takfiri militants in Idlib, leaving large groups of them dead and injured.
The army soldiers clashed with the rebels in the surrounding areas of Idlib, and managed to kill too many militants in the cities of Saraqeb, Kafr Lata, and Jabal al-Zawieh.
Meantime, the militants suffered heavy losses in the city of Dara al-Balad, as the army made gains in Daraa province.
Also, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stressed that eliminating terrorism demands first and foremost confronting the Takfiri thinking that is being exported by some countries.
The President’s statement came during a meeting on Sunday with the visiting Russian parliamentary delegation headed by Ilyas Umakhanov, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russian Federation.
Routing terrorism, the President added, also requires putting actual pressure on the parties that are involved in funding and arming the terrorists and facilitating their passage.
"All of that needs serious efforts and not in the form of propaganda or grandstanding," President al-Assad said.
The conflict in Syria started in March 2011, when sporadic pro-reform protests turned into a massive insurgency following the intervention of western and regional states.
The unrest, which took in terrorist groups from across Europe, the Middle-East and North Africa, has transpired as one of the bloodiest conflicts in recent history.
As the foreign-backed insurgency in Syria continues without an end in sight, the US government has boosted its political and military support to Takfiri extremists.
Washington has remained indifferent to warnings by Russia and other world powers about the consequences of arming militant groups.