Islamic State makes more gains as Putin’s aircraft continue to hit opposition to Assad regime in west of province and key areasIslamic State militants have scored their most meaningful advances in the province of Aleppo,the closest they have come to Syria’s former commercial capital in two years, as it becomes increasingly clear that they are taking advantage of Russian airstrikes against the rest of the opposition to march into new territory.
As Russian planes continued to pound rebel forces in western Aleppo and other frontlines in the country, and many of the opposition fighters who ousted Isis from the province at grand cost final year found themselves pinned down and unable to halt the terrorism group’s largely unopposed advance towards the city at the end of final week.
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Source: theguardian.com