Syrian rebels seize territory for the first time in years in wide-scale attack

Syrian rebels launched a wide-scale attack against the national army and seized land for the first time in more than four years, the terrorists boasted.

The rebel attack conquered some 13 villages in northern Syria on Wednesday, including key hubs and Base 46, the largest of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government, according to the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) terrorist group, which fights along the Free Syrian Army.

The attack, which the rebel group said killed 37 people, stands as the first territorial advancement for the rebels since March 2020, where Assad and the rebel forces agreed to a ceasefire.

Wednesday’s attack saw the rebels advance nearly six miles from the outskirts of Aleppo and a few miles away from Bubl and Zahra, two towns where Hezbollah terrorists hold a strong military presence, a Syrian army source told Reuters.

Hassan Abdulghani, a spokesperson for the Military Operations Command of the Syrian rebels said the group had also carried out “a precision strike targeting a helicopter at Al-Nayrab Airport,” CNN reported.

Al-Nayrab is notably the site of several outposts operated by pro-Iranian militias.

The exact gains of the terrorists and casualties from Wednesday’s attacks have yet to be independently verified.

The rebel group claimed the assault was in direct response to the strikes in recent weeks against civilians by the Russian and Syrian air force in southern Idlib.

The province was allegedly bombarded as a means to take out Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorists, resulting in the death of dozens, military sources told Reuters.

The rebels also accused Assad’s forces, which are backed by Moscow, of building up troops near the front lines in northern Syria as part of an alleged plot to strike the terror group’s last remaining bastion.

The latest skirmishes between the rebels and Syrian army have resulted in hundreds of anti-Assad refugees fleeing for safer areas along the Turkish border, according to local reports.

Syria’s civilian war broke out during the 2011 Arab Spring and brought foreign powers, including Turkey, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United States in the mix.

The civil war claimed the lives of more than 300,000 civilians, according to the United Nations, with millions of others displaced across the regions.

Turkey and Russia helped broker a peace agreement in early 2020, with the fighting remaining largely dormant outside minor clashes between the rebels and Assad’s regime.

With Post wires