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Car bomb kills 25 Syrian troops in Aleppo: Opposition

Deadly bombing, which is followed by fresh push on Aleppo by opposition forces, reportedly carried out by Nusra Front

07.07.2015 - Update : 07.07.2015
Car bomb kills 25 Syrian troops in Aleppo: Opposition

ALEPPO, Syria

 At least 25 Syrian troops were killed Monday by a suicide car-bomb attack carried out by the Nusra Front in western Aleppo’s Jamiat al-Zahraa district, the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Tuesday.

According to Ansar al-Sharia, an umbrella of armed groups united against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, opposition fighters stormed the district immediately following the suicide attack.  

Speaking via Twitter, Ansar al-Sharia claimed to have seized control of “a number of buildings” in the district following the deadly car bombing.

On the same day, the “Fatah Halap factions” – another anti-regime opposition umbrella group, based in Aleppo – attacked a government military academy near the city’s western Al-Hemdaniya district, according to an opposition source.

The assault, in which the attackers reportedly used Grad missile launchers, left a number of casualties among Syrian troops, the source said.

Also on Monday, a U.S.-led international coalition carried out a number of airstrikes against positions held by the Daesh militant group on Aleppo’s northern outskirts.

Omar al-Shamali, an Aleppo-based activist, said the strikes had killed 15 Daesh fighters, including a senior commander.

A number of different rebel groups recently launched an offensive aimed at capturing government-controlled districts of Aleppo.

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