Dozens of Syrian soldiers were killed and wounded in recent days in repelling of an attack by the extremist group "Jabhat al-Nusra" in Aleppo and Idlib, reported the main command of the armed forces of the Arab Republic.
"Over the past few days, armed terrorist organizations linked to Jabhat al-Nusra, supported by thousands of foreign terrorists, heavy weapons and a large number of drones, launched a massive attack from several directions in Aleppo and Idlib. Our armed forces are fighting fierce battles against them in a strip of more than 100 km to stop their advance. “During the fighting, dozens of soldiers from our armed forces were killed and wounded,” said a statement posted on the Syrian Ministry of Defense Facebook page.
"In the context of the continued flow of terrorists through the northern border and the strengthening of their military-technical support in recent hours, they managed to penetrate a significant part of the outskirts of the city of Aleppo,", the text notes.
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The main command emphasized that the terrorists “have no opportunity to strengthen their positions due to the powerful strikes of the Syrian armed forces” which they inflict while waiting for reinforcements to counterattack.
A day earlier, the Syrian army announced that its troops killed and wounded hundreds of terrorists, repelling their attack in Aleppo and Idlib.
On November 28, the command of the Syrian Armed Forces announced that on the morning of November 27, the extremist group "Jabhat al-Nusra" in the northern part of the Arab Republic carried out a “large-scale attack on a wide front”. According to the statement, the terrorists tried to attack "villages and towns under the protection of the Syrian army and military facilities". and continued to attack the positions of government forces.