[ARA] Islamist bully boyz of al-Nusra...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
Front (al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate) on Wednesday bombed residential buildings in the Sheikh Maksud neighborhood in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, local sources reported.
At least nine non-combatants were killed and dozens more maimed in the Kurdish district of Sheikh Maksud under the heavy mortar fire of Nusra hard boys.
"The shells caused the destruction of several houses and the death of at least nine civilians, including two children," local civil rights activist Ahmed Simo told ARA News in Aleppo.
"The Nusra-led shelling, which continued until Wednesday midnight, has also caused dozens of injuries among civilians. Our teams are still searching for survivors under the rubble of the bombed houses," Simo reported.
This comes three days after Kurdish forces of the People's Protection Units (YPG) regained the district from Nusra bully boyz and allied Salafist tough guys.
On Saturday, festivities broke out between the YPG and Salafist tough guys in the vicinity of the Sheikh Maksud district in northeastern Aleppo after Nusra bully boyz attacked Kurdish security checkpoints in the district. Nusra and allied Islamists had also targeted residential areas in the district, killing at least four Kurdish civilians.
On Sunday, the YPG Media Center told ARA News that their forces have regained the Kurdish-majority district of Sheikh Maksud after causing heavy losses in the ranks of the Salafist tough guys.