Kurdish fighters retake strategic hill in surprise attack in Aleppo

A coalition of mostly Kurdish and Syrian forces has recaptured a strategic region from Takfiri terrorists in Syria’s northwestern province of Aleppo.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) retook Castello hill, which overlooks a major road in Aleppo, from the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front during their operation on Wednesday.

According to Syrian state media, the liberation of the hill effectively severs terrorist supply lines between Aleppo’s eastern and southern regions.

SDF and Syrian army forces are currently engaged in a major operation aimed at liberating the militant-held town of Aleppo and are successfully regaining grounds from the terrorists.

The surprise attack came on the fifth-day of a US-Russia brokered ceasefire that came into force on February 27. As the truce does not include Daesh and al-Nusra terrorists it will not undermined by the assault.

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