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Al-Nusra Terrorists Seen Heading For Aleppo From Turkey

According to the Russian Center for Syrian reconciliation, a column of trucks escorted by 160 Al-Nusra Front terrorists have been seen crossing over from Turkey into Syria in the north of Idlib province. The Al-Qaeda affiliated militants are said to be heading for Aleppo to reinforce terrorists fighting there. According to the center’s report, ISIS and al-Nusra Front terrorists have been conducting target reconnaissance and artillery spotting fire for the last several days in an apparent preparation for an offensive. RT reports: “A column of heavy trucks with munitions and weapons escorted by armed groups has been detected in the northeast of Aleppo,” the bulletin of the Center for reconciliation of opposing sides in the Syrian Arab Republic reads. “The column was moving from the Turkish border. It faced no obstacles while moving through territories controlled by different armed groups and reached the ISIS-controlled region.” According to a representative of the center, the column arrived in the area to reinforce the terrorists fighting there, RIA Novosti states. Earlier reports noted that terrorists operating near the city of Aleppo have recently been carrying out artillery reconnaissance and landmark sighting procedures. Aleppo’s districts of Sheikh Maksoud, Meydan, al-Khalidiya and Amriya came under [...]