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rebels take control of the country's largest city, Aleppo

The New York Times · 6h

Rebels Seize Control Over Most of Syria’s Largest City

The rapid advance on Aleppo came just four days into a surprise rebel offensive that is the most intense escalation in years in the country’s civil war.

What is happening in Syria and how did rebels gain control of Aleppo city?

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is a jihadist alliance led by Al-Qaeda's former Syria branch. With allied factions, the group attacked government-held areas of the northern province of Aleppo and the northwestern Idlib region on 25 November.

Aleppo: Rebels 'take control' of airport as thousands of fighters seize most of Syria's second-biggest city

Opposition fighters entered the country's second-largest city on Friday where they reportedly faced little resistance from government troops.

Iran, Syria and Assad

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Islamist rebels in Syria catch Assad, Putin, Iran regimes off guard giving US new mideast headache

Amid a rapid-fire collapse of Syrian, Hezbollah, Russian and Iranian forces in northern Syria, questions are surfacing about U.S. policy toward the emerging new order in the war-ravaged Syrian Arab Republic.

The illusion of Assad’s grip on Syria shatters, as Russia, Iran and Hezbollah let their guard down

Time and time again the Assad dynasty has survived internal and external challenges and lived to fight another day. But nothing lasts forever.

Russia holds talks with Turkey, Iran on surprise Syrian offensive

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed on Saturday the escalating situation in Syria with his counterparts from Iran and Turkey, according to the Russian state-run news agency TASS. According to the statement,

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Syria civil war live updates: Insurgents storm Aleppo, raising prospect of wider Mideast conflict

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militants have taken control of “the majority of the city,” according to The Syrian Observatory of Human ...

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Iran, Russia foreign ministers say they support Syria in confronting rebels, Iran state media reports

The foreign ministers of Iran and Russia voiced support for Syria on Saturday during a major attack by rebel groups, Iranian ...

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Syrian rebels expand attack, claim to have entered second major city

Thousands of Syrian insurgents took over most of Aleppo on Saturday, establishing positions in the country’s largest city and ...

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Syrian rebels capture majority of Aleppo as Russia’s forces abandon bases

Syria’s rebels seized most of Aleppo on Saturday as their sweeping advance ousted Russian forces from at least three military ...

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Syrian rebels sweep into Aleppo, army says dozens of soldiers killed

The surprise attack, led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, was the boldest rebel assault for years in the civil war ...

Aleppo’s Kurdish neighborhood braces for clashes with rebels

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdish-majority neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsood in Syria’s Aleppo is bracing for a possible ...

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