in the southern countryside of Aleppo this evening, a military source told al-Masdar.According to the military source, the festivities broke out near the strategic town of Khan Touman, which is located along the Aleppo-Idlib Highway (M-5 Highway).
The military source said that the cause of the hostilities was an attack by the jihadist rebels; however, the latter has also accused the Syrian military of starting the festivities.
Tensions have been recently rising in southern Aleppo after the Syrian Army accused the jihadist rebels of launching a chemical weapons attack in the western part of the historic provincial capital.