(Syria) The Syrian Air Force has delivered a high number of air
strikes in western Aleppo, targeting militants in in Al-Assad, Rashidin 4,
Rashidin 5, the 1070 Apartment Project (1070 AP), Southern Sawmills and along
the road to Khan Tuman. Since November 1, the fighting in the area has become
stationary. The western part of the al-Assad Neighborhood is contested. The
al-Nusra led coalition, Jaish al-Fatah, controls the southwestern part of the
1070 AP. The militants’ attacks on the
3000 Apartment Project have failed.
Syrian troops have repelled an ISIS attack on the government
only supply line to Aleppo in the sector between Ithriyah and al-Salamiyah.
ISIS attacked the Syrian army in the Wadi al-Adhib region but was forced to
retreat after a fierce battle. Last weekend, al-Nusra Front, the leading force
of Jaish al-Fatah, attacked the supply line in the sector between Ithriyah and
Aleppo, but also failed. This clearly shows that despite all controversies,
ISIS and the so-called ‘moderate opposition’ are playing in the same game,
attempting to prevent liberation of Aleppo by the government forces.
Turkey’s engineer units are currently building a military
base, with an airfield, in the area of Ziyar, south of the Syrian border town
of al-Rai, the As Safir newspaper revealed. The newspaper believes that the
Turkish regime is going implement the Iraq-like strategy in Syria and set a
series of military installations in order to project the military power in the
area.
The Syrian military has deployed advanced Russian-made T-90 main battle tanks to western Aleppo, according to the video released on October 31. T-90 MBTs were observed in the Minyan area where they were participating in operations against Jaish al-Fatah, a Jabhat al-Nusra-led coalition of militant groups. Last weekend, elite units of the Syrian Army’s Tiger Forces and the Desert Hawks Brigade were deployed in Aleppo to counter the militants’ offensive operation to capture the al-Assad Military Academy and the nearby areas. Both formations operate T-90 MBTs supplied by Moscow over the last year. The government forces massively use tanks, artillery, warplanes and helicopters to attrit Jaish al-Fatah’s manpower in non-populated urban areas.
