“A majority Jeish al-Fatah casualties occurred when the Syrian Air Force and artillery units surprised the terrorists in flash operations as they were preparing to stage a major attack on the pro-government forces in the region,” a military source said.
The source added that the terrorists planned to break the Syrian Army's defense lines in al-Mallah Farms and recapture the just-liberated areas using car bombs, in a similar move to their modus operandi seen in Khan Touman, but the car bombs were targeted and exploded well before they were deployed to the front lines.
The Syrian Army troops and popular forces have managed to push the terrorist groups back from nearly 90 percent of al-Mallah Farms while clashes between the government forces and terrorists in the area reached a pinnacle on Thursday.
The operations of the Syrian army in Western Aleppo have culminated five days after their start and intense fighting was reported between the Syrian army and terrorist groups Northwest of Aleppo city.
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