"Frankly, I doubt that Suheil has enough men and tanks in hand to accomplish the closure of the Aleppo pocket from the north." Quoting myself in my post "The Greatest Battle."

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"After the liberation of the Mallah Farms, the Syrian Army troops are now deployed in only 1,5 km from the militants’ last supply line to Aleppo City – the Castello road.

This poses a significant threat to Al Nusra and its allies in Aleppo. If pro-government forces are able to cut off the Castello road, the militants will be besieged in the northeastern part of the city without any supplies." South Front

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If the map is accurate the R+6 has now come close to the presumptive objective of Suheil's operation. IMO this is the isolation of the rebel zone in Aleppo City and we will learn a couple of things:

Will the rebels commit all available force to hold the Castello Road open? Will the Suheil Task Force have sufficient mass and fire support to seize control of a section of Castello Road? If the R+6 force does seize a piece of the road will this force be strong enough to defend that position against an inevitable massed rebel counter-offensive? pl

https://southfront.org/syrian-army-in-15-km-from-the-militants-last-supply-line-to-aleppo-city/