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A source at Aleppo police command told SANA on Monday that shells fired by al-Nusra fighters landed in Aleppo's al-Sulaimaniyeh neighborhood, claiming lives of four, three of them children, and injuring 19 others, many in critical conditions.
Five other civilians have been killed and around 41 injured by a number of shells that hit al-Izaa neighborhood, the source added. Two other shells hit Bab al-Faraj neighborhood and Qurtuba roundabout in al-Zahraa neighborhood, killing two civilians and injuring one, SANA reported.
Earlier, the source told SANA that three rocket shells fired by militants from Bani Zaid neighborhood landed in the neighborhoods of al-Jamiliyeh, Mogambo and al-Ashrafiyeh, leaving three people dead, among them a woman, and injuring five others.
Comment: Jaysh al-Islam, is a creation of and beneficiary of arms and training from Saudi Arabia. It's more notable exploits: the attack and occupation of Adra Prison in 2015, the usage of caged captives as human shields in Eastern Ghouta against the Syrian government air raids, and the use of chemical weapons against Kurdish militia and civilians in Aleppo. It is the melding of over 40 rebel entities.
Ahrar ash-Sham, also a coalition of multiple Islamist and Salafist groups intent to fight against the Syrian government, was the second most powerful force in 2013 and operating under the Syrian Islamic Front. It is now supported by Turkey and Saudi Arabia and is one of the best-armed and powerful factions, with alleged links to al-Qaeda. Notable exploits: the car bomb detonated at the Russian military base in Idlib, Syria with dozens of casualties among Russian officials, and the executions of Christians in the city of Idlib.