In a shock offensive, insurgents take control of Aleppo for first time since 2016

Haaretz

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Insurgents led by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham blew up two car bombs and have been clashing with government forces on the city's western edge on Friday.
Daily Mail
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Fighting with Syria’s Bashar al-Assad regime, thousands of Syrian opposition forces pushed on with their advances on government-held areas in the country’s northwest, reaching the outskirts of Syria’s second largest city and wrestling control of several strategic towns and villages along the way.
Hürriyet Daily News
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It was the first time the city had been attacked by opposition forces since 2016, when they were ousted from Aleppo’s eastern neighborhoods following a grueling military campaign in which Syrian government forces were backed by Russia, Iran, and its allied groups.
The Gazette
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Moscow is Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's most important military backer, having turned the tide of the civil war in his favor when it intervened in 2015.
The Moscow Times

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