The group recently launched an offensive on much of the Kurdish eastern countryside of Aleppo after announcing the creation of a so-called `` Islamic State '' stretching from central Syria to Falluja , Iraq , with the head of the group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as the self-styled Caliph . With help from militias , Syrian government has retaken strategic roads and villages . To make matters worse for rebels , ISIS bombards them to their west . Comment: `` The international community must stop the killing , '' Aleppo council leader pleads .
With help from militias , Syrian government has retaken strategic roads and villages . To make matters worse for rebels , ISIS bombards them to their west . Comment: `` The international community must stop the killing , '' Aleppo council leader pleads .