After recapturing Tal Abu As’ad, Ayn Al Qantara, Ard al-Watta, Nusra and Ahrar Al Sham militants went on to seize Shillif and Sheikh Yusuf.
This successful assault enabled the Al Qaeda affiliated rebels to obtain fire control over Kinsabba forcing Syrian Army personnel to abandon their positions in Kinsibba to avoid suffering a large casualty figure in the face of a barrage of artillery shells, mortar shells, and missiles.
Pro-rebel sources also claim to have destroyed four T55 tanks belonging to the Syrian Army.