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Mosque blast kills 25 members of Jabhat Al-Nusra in Idlib

AMMAN, July 4 (KUNA) -- At least 25 members of Jabhat al-Nusra, including a commander, were killed and dozens were wounded in an explosion that targeted a mosque in the city of Ariha located in the south of the city of Idlib, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has announced.
In a press statement, the SOHR expected that the death toll would rise as many are critically injured.
Furthermore, the SOHR reported violent clashes between Soqor al-Jabal Brigade, Nor al-Din Zinki Movement and al-Huriyyah Islamic Brigade from one side against the regime forces and allied militiamen on the other inside al-Bohouth al-Ilmiyyah (the Scientific Research) area north the city of Aleppo, amid new advancement for the rebels inside it and coincided with aerial bombardment and mutual shelling.
It noted that the clashes and shelling resulted in the death of 12 rebels, including a commander of a battalion, and information about casualties on the regime forces ranks.
Other clashes are still taking place between the factions of the military operation room of Anasar al- Sharia, which consists 13 groups and the regime forces and allied militiamen in the neighborhood of Jam'eyyat al- Zahraa, the area that links al- Leramoun with Shihan north of Aleppo.
The warplanes carried out 2 new raids on the outskirts of the neighborhood of al- Rashedin west of Aleppo. (end) tk.ibi