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Senior terrorist Commander Killed in Northern Aleppo, Syria
17 members of Ahrar al-Sham terrorist group, including a top commander, were killed in a tough battle with the Kurdish fighters in the Northern battlefields of Aleppo province.
The notorious commander and sixteen of his comrades were killed in the intense battle of Tal Rifat.
Ans al-Khateeb, the militant group's social media activist, was also killed today in Tal Rifat battle.
Reports said earlier today that the Kurdish fighters, backed up by the Russian fighter jets, significantly advanced against the terrorist groups and deployed forced only a hundred of meters from the Western entrance of a strategic town North of Aleppo province, battlefield sources said minutes ago.
"The Kurdish fighters have only one hundred of meters to access the Western gate of Tal Rifat," the sources said.
"A heavy battle is now underway near Tal Rifat and its surroundings," they further added.
"The militant groups have been surprised by the rapid offensive of the Kurdish fighters and have been pinned down behind their defense lines," the sources said.
"The Russian warplanes carried out several combat sorties over the militants' positions around the town and destroyed their defense lines," they went on to say.
