Is isis in aleppo?

The Battle of Aleppo (Arabic: معركة حلب ‎) was a major military confrontation in Aleppo, the largest city in Syria, between the Syrian opposition (including the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and other largely-Sunni groups, such as the Levant Front and the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front,) against the government of Bashar al-Assad, supported by Hezbollah, Shia militias and Russia, and against the Kurdish People's Protection Units. read more

The Isis offensive, which began on Sunday, was the first launched inside Syria by the jihadist group since it was forced out of northern Aleppo 18 months ago in a six-week battle that claimed the lives of at least 1,500 opposition fighters and allowed government forces to tighten a stranglehold around the city. read more