Army Establishes Control over Bani Zaid, Opens Safe Corridors for Civilians to Leave Eastern Aleppo

ALEPPO- The Syrian Arab Army, backed by supporting forces managed to retake Bani Zaid neighborhood and started to dismantled the explosives and landmines placed in the area’s streets and squares, a military source announced Thursday.

The source told the state news agency  SANA that the army established control over Efrin bus station, youth housing units and all the building blocks and factories in al-Liramoun in the northern outskirts of Aleppo.

The military operations command in Aleppo, in coordination with Aleppo Governor and Police Command, will adopt the necessary procedures to restore the factories which the army has retaken from the terrorists in al-Liramoun area to their owners.

The source stressed that the army units continued pursuing the terrorists who fled from the neighborhood, asserting that scores of terrorists turned themselves in and gave up their weapons to the authorities in order to have their legal situation settled.

Aleppo Governor: Three corridors opened for citizens to leave eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo city

 Aleppo Governor Mohammad Marwan Olabi said on Thursday that three corridors were opened for the civilians who desire to leave the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo city.

Al-Olabi added that all preparations and arrangements to settle them in makeshift centers equipped with all medical and relief services were adopted.

The hero Syrian army also continued its successful operations in several Syrian provinces.

In Homs, the army air force destroyed ISIS fortified positions and vehicles in Burj Qaei, al-Talila reserve and east of al-Mahata al-Thalitha in the countryside of Homs.

In Hama, the army units, in cooperation with the popular defense groups, clashed during the past hours fiercely with Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists who attacked, from many directions, al-Zara power plant in Hama southern countryside.

The clashes ended up with foiling the attack after killing 30 terrorists, injuring scores others and destroying a command center, two vehicles equipped with machinegun and a mortar launcher.

In Deir Ezzor, the Syrian army air force destroyed ISIS positions and vehicles north of al-Mrai’eyeh, al-Howeiqa, Baqjaji and north of al-Jafra in Deir Ezzor.