By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-29 19:43:27 | Updated at 2024-11-29 21:49:07
2 hours ago
Syrian rebels enter Aleppo for first time in eight years during shock offensive
CNN ^ | Fri November 29, 2024 | Eyad Kourdi, Mostafa Salem, Allegra Goodwin, Christian Edwards and Annoa Abekah-Mensah
Posted on 11/29/2024 11:38:10 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
Syrian armed rebels have entered Aleppo just three days into their surprise offensive, marking the first time they have set foot in the country’s second largest city since government forces recaptured the city in 2016.
Rebel forces launched a surprise attack this week, sweeping through several villages outside the city and reigniting conflict that had been largely static for years.
In a video geolocated by CNN, a rebel fighter films as he drives through the deserted streets on the western side of the city. He is heard praising God as the vehicle approaches the Zine El Abidine Mosque in western Aleppo.
The official Syrian military said it was confronting a “major attack” and claimed it is “reinforcing all locations along the various battlefronts,” but multiple residents of the city say regime forces have pulled back from several neighborhoods in the western part of Aleppo.
The offensive, which began Wednesday, is the first major flare-up in years between the Syrian opposition and the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, who has ruled the war-torn country since 2000.
“Our forces have begun entering the city of Aleppo,” said the newly formed rebel coalition, the Military Operations Command.
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To: MinorityRepublican
I guess the United States is going to have to save the regime.
2 posted on 11/29/2024 11:40:30 AM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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