is the daesh offensive
Syrian air force attacks in Aleppo reportedly killed around 100 people. (AFP/File). The Islamic State group [also known by the Arabic acronym Daesh] launched a new offensive in northern Syria this weekend in an apparent attempt to cut off the countryâs largest city, Aleppo, from crucial supply lines to Turkey.he US Embassy in Syria charged in a series of tweets that the Syrian government was aiding Daesh's advance in its airstrikes against civilians. The jihadists also gained ground in northeast Syria, where a suicide bomber killed âat least nine regime loyalistsâ near Hasakeh, the Observatory said.