Syrian army liberates strategic town southeast of Aleppo

Syrian army forces and their allies have liberated a strategic town in the northern Aleppo province from ISIL terrorists.

According to the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Thursday, Syrian forces recaptured the strategic town of Khanasir some 50 km to the southeast of Aleppo, Press TV reported.

Hailed by the Syrian media, the victory paves the way for the reopening of a sole supply route to Aleppo.

The offensive came after ISIL (Daesh) terrorists tried to attack Syrian army positions along the Ithrya-Khanasir road.

Heavy clashes were still underway Thursday morning in the surrounding areas of the town.

According to field sources, over 100 terrorists have been killed in the clashes with the Syrian army and volunteer forces.

Facing an imminent defeat, Takfiri terrorists left behind their dead and wounded members Wednesday and fled their stronghold in the area.

Two days earlier, the town had been captured by the Takfiri group.

On Wednesday, the UN carried out its first airdrop of aid in the eastern city of Dayr al-Zawr.

Stephen O'Brien, the UN aid chief, told the Security Council that the plane had dropped 21 tons of humanitarian items to civilians besieged by Daesh terrorists.

About 200,000 civilians are living under siege in the city, facing “severe cases of malnutrition and deaths due to starvation,” according to the UN.

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