Reuters and Turkish newspaper Hurriyet report that the initiative has begun north of Aleppo, Syria, and has targeted Syrian opposition groups. ISIS has this week captured a border village, Umm Hosh, and killed dozens with four car bombs in the town of Marea, according to the watchdog Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. “The situation in northern Aleppo is bad,” said one rebel fighter, referring to the province of Aleppo in which the Marea and Umm Hosh incidents occurred.