On Thursday, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) unearthed a 400 meter long tunnel that was dug under Aleppo; it stretched from the Bab Al-Jadeed Quarter to the Scientific Research Center in the western part of the city.

According to sources in Aleppo City, the tunnel belonged to the militants of the Islamic Front (Jabhat Al-Islamiyya) and its purpose was to give their fighters access to the SAA’s stronghold at the Scientific Research Center.