Islamist rebels compromised the neighbourhoods in Syria’s second-largest city of Aleppo and clashed with government military forces after discharging two car bombs on Friday. It was explained that the incident, which was reported by a leading war monitoring group and The Associated Press, has renewed international attention on a country wracked by civil war and extremism for more than a decade.
The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, the monitoring organization, stated that damaging clashes were underway between the attacking insurgents and regime troops. The fighting is a significant escalation since rebels launched a surprise offensive Wednesday, seizing towns and villages as they advanced toward Aleppo.
From all indications, the rebels have proven to have gotten good momentum by the reduced strength of Iran-backed groups such as Hezbollah throughout the region, illustrating how the conflicts in the Middle East feed off one another
A Witnesses who spoke to The Associated Press stated that Aleppo residents were fleeing from areas on the western edge amid missiles and exchanges of gunfire. The AP said an insurgent commander posted a recorded message on social media urging the city’s residents to cooperate with the rebels. The rebels are led by the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS.
The Syrian Defense Ministry disclosed on Friday that the Syrian armed forces were repelling attacks, adding that the government forces involved in fighting operations were able to regain control over some areas.
The statement by Syria’s general command of the army and armed forces noted that the armed forces have inflicted heavy losses on the attacking organizations, resulting in hundreds of deaths and injuries among the terrorists, It was noted that dozens of vehicles and armoured carriers were destroyed, and we have successfully shot down and destroyed seventeen drones.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a network of on-the-ground information sources, stated that at least 121 people have been killed since the start of HTS’ shock offensive, including at least 20 civilians.
Syrian state media reports quoted by the AP disclosed that the insurgent-fired projectiles struck student accommodations at Aleppo’s university in the city center, killing four people, including two students.
It was learned that the Syrian civil war started in early 2011 with a wave of protests against the authoritarian rule of President Bashar al-Assad. Assad’s government, strengthened by arms cargoes from Iran and Russia, smashed down strongly on the popular insurgencies, setting off a wave of violence and fueling a confrontational revolution.
