Syrian rebels advance after taking control of Aleppo in major blow to Assad & pal Putin as Vlad launches revenge strikes
Tyrant Bashar al-Assad and his main supporter Vladimir Putin have suffered a serious setback as advancing opposition forces have taken control of large areas of northern Syria.
Islamist anti-government organizations have begun to move south after launching a surprise onslaught in recent days to take control of a large portion of Aleppo.
Continuing their territorial advance, opposition forces are now moving southward into a number of rural communities close to Hama, Syria’s fourth-largest city.
A fumbling With the rebels opposing the merciless killer Assad, Putin was compelled to send his warjets into action in an attempt to stop the Hama uprising.
The courageous combatants, under the leadership of the militant Islamist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), have grabbed the opportunity to take advantage of a vulnerability in the Assad forces brought about by Russia’s shift of focus to Ukraine.
With the dictator continuing trying to depress European morale, Vlad is still engaged in a war of attrition with both Ukraine directly and its NATO allies.
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The only other strong ally of Assad is Iran, which is still in shock at Israel’s destruction of its ally Hezbollah.
The Syrian rebels have seemed to have the ideal opportunity to launch a fierce and retaliatory attack as a result of these distinct disputes.
Hours of carnage ensued as the rebels fought against Russian-backed guards during the furious march into Aleppo in armored trucks and tanks.
The rebels are shown on camera claiming the city as their own with pride.
Putin was compelled to authorize the first Russian strikes on Aleppo since 2016 on Saturday and again today in a forceful response to the Syrian upsurge.
Hundreds of people, including civilians, were reportedly killed when terrifying Russian jets dropped explosives over Syria’s second-largest city.
According to Russia’s defense ministry, the missiles killed at least 300 militants, according to state news outlets.
They targeted artillery sites, depots, and command posts.
Russia carried out another “series of air strikes” earlier today, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), located in the United Kingdom.
The SOHR said that rural regions in Hama and Idlib were attacked.
The Syrian military is currently attempting to maintain control of the area by ordering the drawing of a “defensive line” around several neighboring cities.
The war’s return is a setback for Putin, whose forces and arsenal are already overextended in Ukraine.
In order to preserve Russia’s influence in the Middle East, which includes strong military links with neighboring Iran, he must support Assad.
Bashar al-Assad pledged to “defend Syria’s stability and territorial integrity in the face of all terrorists and their backers” during his speech on Saturday.
“No matter how severe their terrorist attacks are, the nation can defeat and eradicate them with the support of its friends and allies,” he continued.
Around half a million people have died in the Syrian civil war, which started in 2011 when the Assad regime brutally suppressed pro-democracy Arab Spring demonstrations.
If not for the Russian air force, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, and a variety of militant organizations, including Hezbollah, Assad would have lost the war.
Opposition fighters have kept control of the northwest city of Idlib and a large portion of the surrounding province despite the truce that was agreed upon in 2020.
Aleppo, which was a rebel bastion until it was overrun by government forces in 2016, is only 34 kilometers from Idlib.
Since then, retaliatory attacks on the rebels have ravaged the city.
The Syrian army has persisted in denying that the opposition forces had taken Aleppo or any other city.
However, when Russian-backed counterattack trikes were launched, they were had to acknowledge that they were redeploying soldiers.
Separate rebels in the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have started more fighting in Aleppo.
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As the regime’s forces departed to protect against the rushing HTS, they took over the international airport.
For many years, Aleppo has been one of Syria’s most unstable regions.
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