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Hezbollah was the main force in the government’s control of the city,
said Rami Abdurrahman, head of the Observatory Our forces continue to repel the major offensive launched by armed terrorist groups,
the army said in a statement, Given the situation in southern Lebanon, the opposition saw an opportunity to gain back these places from the Syrian government,
We’re scared that war will break out and we’ll be displaced from our homes again,
They have taken control of the countryside of Western Aleppo. But of course, they are close to the city centre of Aleppo… Also the opposition factions took control of the M5 highway which is a very strong logistics and military transfer route,
The regime’s lines of defence have crumbled, I think they were taken aback. No one anticipated how fast the rebels would reach towards the edge of Aleppo,
said Dareen Khalifa, of the International Crisis Group The Russians are distracted in Ukraine. They are less invested politically if not military in Syria,
It’s difficult to tell what the result of this offensive is going to be,
We are for the government of Syria to quickly restore order in this district and restore the constitutional order,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said This operation aims to repel the sources of fire of the criminal enemy from the frontlines."
At a press conference earlier this week, HTS’ Mohamed Bashir said In the matter of about 10 hours, a wide spectrum of armed opposition groups have managed to get to within about four or five kilometers now of Aleppo city, which is of gigantic significance,
Charles Lister, the director of Middle East Institute’s Syria and counterterrorism programs, said on Wednesday, according to the New York Times Years ago, an offense of this size would have been pushed back by the regime,
What was initially planned as a limited operation expanded as regime forces began fleeing their positions,
Russian airstrikes on the Aleppo countryside killed 19 civilians on Thursday,
said Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the Observatory, adding Ankara is sending a message to both Damascus and Moscow to back down from their military efforts in northwest Syria,
The highway has now been put out of service, after it was reopened by regime forces years ago,
said the monitor, which has a network of sources inside Syria Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied factions cut off the Damascus-Aleppo international M5 highway ... in addition to controlling the junction between the M4 and M5 highways,
the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Despite all the destruction and the sorrow, we are happy to be back,
said Umm Mohammed Bzeih, a widow who fled the southern village of Zibqin with her four children two months ago I feel as if our souls have returned,
she said, visibly exhausted as she swept up the shattered glass and rubble that carpeted the floor We only want the Lebanese army,
chanted residents of Qlayaa, as they clapped and cheered for the troops and waved the Lebanese flag