Wall Street Journal: Islamic State Advances Further Into Syria’s Aleppo Province
The militants are just 7 miles from main highway connecting Aleppo to Turkish border
BEIRUT—Fierce battles raged between Islamic State and rebel fighters in Syria’s Aleppo province on Monday, the day after the militant group seized villages close to the Turkish border and came within miles of the main highway connecting Syria’s largest city to Turkey.
Fighting sprawled along a 35-mile front line as rebels worked to stop the advance of the extremist militant group, which is now just 7 miles from the main supply route for aid and weapons coming from Turkey.
In Aleppo villages seized by Islamic State, the group beheaded several rebel fighters and took some of their family members hostage, said Col. Abu Firas, a former Syrian air-force colonel who defected and now serves as spokesman for the Levant Front, a local coalition of rebel groups.
More News On The Syrian Civil War
ISIS Gains Syrian Area Near Border -- NYT
Islamic State advances in Syria against both regime and rival rebels -- AFP
Islamic State drives back Syria insurgents near Turkey -- Reuters
Islamic State captures northern Syrian town leading to Turkish border -- UPI
IS Gains in Syria Threaten Rebel Links to Turkey -- VOA
ISIL extends power in Syria; supply route to Aleppo cut, rights group claims -- Euronews
ISIL 'controls half' of Syria's land area -- Al Jazeera
Kurds push back IS in northern Syria border provinces: monitor -- AFP
Syria airstrikes kill scores amid government setbacks -- Washington Post
Syria crisis: 'Barrel bomb strikes kill 72' in Aleppo province -- BBC
Children 'Burned Beyond Recognition' in Barrel Bomb Attacks Killing 200 Syrian Civilians -- CP World
ISIS Blows Up Notorious Prison Complex In Syria's Palmyra -- Reuters
IS destroys infamous Syria prison as regime bombing kills scores -- AFP
Islamic State militants 'filmed torturing Syrian boy' -- BBC
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