A coalition of mostly Kurdish and Syrian forces has recaptured a strategic region�from�Takfiri terrorists�in Syria�s northwestern province of Aleppo.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) retook Castello hill, which overlooks a major road in Aleppo, from the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra�Front during their operation�on Wednesday.

According to Syrian state media, the liberation of the hill effectively severs terrorist supply lines between Aleppo�s eastern and southern regions.

SDF and Syrian army forces are currently engaged in a major operation aimed at liberating the militant-held town of Aleppo and are successfully regaining grounds from the terrorists.

The surprise attack came on the fifth-day of a US-Russia brokered ceasefire that came into force on February 27. As the truce does not include Daesh and al-Nusra terrorists it will not undermined by the assault.

Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. According to a�February report by the Syrian Center for Policy Research,�the conflict has claimed the lives of over 470,000 people, injured 1.9 million others, and displaced nearly half of the country�s pre-war population of about 23 million within or beyond its borders.

By Press TV