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Syria: New push to oust Isis takes back villages in first hours

SYRIAN government troops launched a new offensive to rid Aleppo province of Isis terrorists yesterday, taking a string of villages in the first hours.

Troops attacked along two intersecting axes into areas west of Maskanah, the last of the death cult’s strongholds in the province.

One force pushed south from the plains between Lake Jabboul and the River Euphrates, retaking 14 settlements.

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