The Syrian army engaged in fierce battles with ISIL terrorists in Aleppo province on Sunday amid reports of heavy airstrikes on militants’ positions in the province

The Syrian army engaged in fierce battles with ISIL terrorists in Aleppo province on Sunday amid reports of heavy airstrikes on militants’ positions in the province.

The Syrian warplanes targeted terrorists’ positions in the vicinity of Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood and al-Halk al-Tahtani neighborhood in Aleppo city.

The fighter jets also destroyed ISIL positions and vehicles in Beijan, Beijat hill, Rasm al-Kabir and Rasm al-Harmal in the Eastern countryside of Aleppo.

Meanwhile, the Syrian army clashed with ISIL terrorists near the area of al-Mahatta al-Hararia (the Thermal station) in the Eastern countryside of Aleppo.

Sources said the army also fired artillery shells at ISIL concentration centers in the area.

The terrorists sustained heavy casualties in the military operations.

On Saturday, Russian planes bombed all the known cross-border supply routes of the terrorists from Turkey to Aleppo province in Northern Syria.

Reports said the Russian bombing campaign inflicted heavy losses on the Takfiri militants.

Meanwhile, the Syrian fighter jets also pounded the ISIL terrorists’ strongholds in Sharbaa, Najarah and Rasem al-Kama villages in Aleppo.