After infiltrating the terrorists’ defenses, the Syrian army managed on Tuesday to enter the town of al-Zahraa in Aleppo countryside.

After infiltrating the terrorists' defenses, the Syrian army managed on Tuesday to enter the town of al-Zahraa in Aleppo countryside.

The Syrian army has also deployed its units near the town of Nubbul which lies in al-Zahraa's vicinity.

The Syrian army on Tuesday further controlled entirely the village of Hredtin, advancing in Bashkwe and Retyan in Aleppo northern countryside.

The Syrian army advances in the area amid fierce clashes and artillery shelling.

The UK-based opposing Syrian Observatory stressed that over 65 terrorists were killed on Tuesday in Aleppo by the Syrian army, adding that only 20 of them were Syrians.

The observatory noted that the number of the killed terrorists would increase as a lot of the wounded were severely injured.

Units of the Syrian army and armed forces crushed Tuesday a number of terrorist organizations’ dens and hideouts, including ISIL, killing many of them.