Syrian army troops regains control of key village west of Aleppo

This undated photo shows Syrian forces in an undisclosed area.

Syrian army troops have managed to retake a strategic village in the northern province of Aleppo from the foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists.

A military source told Syria’s official news agency SANA on Friday that the Syrian troops and allies regained full control of the village of Manyan, west of the city of Aleppo, which has been a flash point over the past few months.

The source said the forces were now advancing toward the suburb of Assad.

Aleppo has been divided since 2012 between government forces in the west and militants in the east. Backed by Russian air cover, the Syrian army launched operations to purge the militants from the city in September.

The Syrian army also destroyed a number of oil tankers used by the Daesh Takfiri terrorists in the vicinity of Sha’af village, southeast of the city of Suwayda.

Oil trade is the main source of income for the terrorists with reports saying Turkey is buying oil from them.

Russia has repeatedly said it has evidence showing Turkey has been involved in the smuggling of oil from areas held by Daesh in Iraq and Syria.

The Israeli regime, itself supporting Daesh in the region, has also said that Ankara has been providing money to the terror group through oil purchases.

On Friday, Syrian troops also thwarted attacks by members of the Takfiri Jabhat Fateh al-Sham militant group, formerly known as al-Nusra Front, on military positions in the northern countryside of Quneitra. In addition, Syrian warplanes bombed positions of Daesh terrorists to the northeast of Palmyra in the countryside of Homs.