Alwaght- Syrian army units established control over new areas in the western countryside of Raqqa after eliminating the last ISIS gatherings in the area and destroying tens of its vehicles.
Military sources say that the Syrian army, in cooperation with popular defense groups, established control over al-Rasafa crossroads, the strategic triangle, the oil pumping station and al-Tabka electricity station.
The source pointed out that the army units have developed their operations on more than one axis in the area and cut off ISIS supply routes after destroying tens of heavy-equipped vehicles and killing large numbers of ISIS members.
Raqqa city, is ISIS's de facto capital in Syria, along with Mosul in Iraq. Currently Iraqi and Syrian forces are engaged in different operations to eject ISIS terrorists from the two key cities.
Elsewhere, the Russian Center for coordination and monitoring the cessation of hostilities agreement in Syria said that a child was killed, 8 people were injured and 5 houses were damaged when al-Nusra Front shelled Handarat Camp and al-Sheik Maqsoud in Aleppo.
In a statement on Thursday, the Hmeimim-based center said terrorist attacks that targeted different areas in Aleppo in the past 24 hours have left at least 54 civilians dead and 93 injured.
It clarified that the casualties were caused by terrorist groups’ indiscriminate shelling of neighborhoods of al-Sheik Maqsoud, al-Midan, al-Muhafaza and al-Zahraa in Aleppo city and al-Nairab Airport and several towns in the countryside of Aleppo.
The Center noted that terrorists of Jabhat al-Nusra and “Ahrar al-Sham” targeted positions of the Syrian Army in al-Sheik Maqsoud and Handarat town.
The cessation of hostilities agreement, in place in Syria since February 27 in implementation of the Security Council resolution 2268, does not include ISIS, al-Nusra Front and other armed groups internationally listed as terrorist organizations.
