Aleppo Province, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:

Fierce clash are still taking place in the first round of the grand battle of Aleppo, between the regime forces, the militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities and Hezbollah against the rebel and Islamic Factions, Fath al-Sham Front and the Islamic Turkestan Party, the clashes were concentrated in the areas of: 1070-apartments, Al-Assad Suburb, the outskirts of Halab al-Jadidah neighborhood, Jam’eyyat al-Zahra’a, the vicinity of Tallat Bazu and the Air Defense Battalion, where the areas that stretch at approximately 15 km (from Jam’eyyat al-Zahra’a to the southern and southwestern outskirts of Aleppo city) are witnessing since this morning fierce fighting and intensified shelling with hundreds of missiles between both parties, amid bombing by warplane at the western outskirts of the city, also the factions targeted again Nairab airbase area and the eastern suburbs of the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo, the clashes accompanied by exchange of targeting between both parties, resulting in the destruction and damage of vehicles, where four booby trapped vehicles targeted sites of the regime forces in Al-Assad Suburb and project 1070-apartment, one of which was carried out by a fighter of the Islamic Turkestan Party, and another one was carried out by a French fighter of North African origin belongs to Fath al-Sham Front, while at least 18 members of from the regime forces, NDF and the gunmen loyal to them were killed, including three members of Hezbollah, while many others were injured, also the western outskirts of Aleppo, the clash areas and the locations of the fighters of the factions are witnessing intense bombardment by warplanes.

Warplanes bombed areas in Kafrnaha town at the western countryside of Aleppo, no information about casualties yet, while clashes took place in Sheikh Saeed area at the southern section of the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo city, between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the rebel and Islamic Factions, amid exchange of shelling between both parties.