"The fresh forces are expected to help their comrades recapture the Aleppo Artillery Academy and 1070 al-Hamdaniyeh Housing Project in the Southern districts of Aleppo," the sources said.

"They are expected to make another push to recapture the Aleppo Artillery Academy in the next 72 hours; this would be their second major attempt seize this important military installation near al-Ramousiyeh," they added.

Also on Thursday, the Syrian fighter jets pounded terrorists' convoys, consisting of several vehicles, equipped with machineguns, both in the adjacent provinces of Idlib and Aleppo.

"The Syrian Air Force destroyed a number of vehicles, some of which equipped with machineguns, in the area surrounding of Zardana village in Idlib," the source said.

"Three convoys of militants' vehicles were also smashed in Western Aleppo," he added.

The military source said that tens of terrorists were killed and wounded in the airstrikes and their weapons and vehicles were fully destroyed, FNA reported.

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