However , ISIL reinforcements from Deir ez - Zor province managed to retake several neighbourhood of the city of Raqqa .
8 January : Islamists of several Syrian rebel brigades expelled most ISIL forces from the city of Aleppo .
ISIL reinforcements from Deir ez - Zor province managed to retake several neighbourhood of the city of Raqqa .
8 January : Islamists of several Syrian rebel brigades expelled most ISIL forces from the city of Aleppo .