Fierce clashes have been taking place in the Syrian city of Aleppo between the government forces and the insurgents.

Fierce clashes have been taking place in the Syrian city of Aleppo between the government forces and the insurgents.

State news agency, SANA, reported on Friday that the Syrian army has carried out an operation in which they destroyed the militants’ bases near the the Establishment of Water, al-Orobeh Club and al-Hajjar Mosque in Bustan al-Basha area and Rotana Hall in Suleiman al-Halabi area.

The agency quoted a source in the province as saying that a unit of the armed forces destroyed a car loaded with ammunition in Masaken Hanano in the city.
The source added that several insurgents were killed as the army stormed their bases in Qastal Harami in Aleppo.

The agency added that a number of explosives and mines planted by armed terrorist groups at al-Souk area in Saif al-Dawla were dismantled by the Army Engineering Units.

Meanwhile, the Syrian army also on Thursday pursued insurgents in Basatin Bala, Beit Naim, Housh al-Homsi and Marj al-Sultan towns in Damascus countryside.

They clashed with militants, killing several of them, seized large amounts of weapons and dismantled a number of explosive devices.