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Militants led by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) stormed the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on November 29, just two days after launching large-scale offensive against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), codenamed Operation Deterrence of Aggression.
The militants kicked off the attack on the city center just a few hours after reaching its western outskirts earlier in the day. The attack reportedly began with a double suicide car bombing that targeted key SAA posts in the New Aleppo suburb.
Within minutes, the militants imposed control of New Aleppo, the district of Hameidiyyeh and several nearby residential areas, effectively establishing a foothold within the cit
y.
The attack marked the first time the militants have stepped foot in Aleppo city since they were expelled from it by the SAA and its allies following a major battle in December of 2016. Now, Syrian opposition activists are claiming that the city is about to fall into the hands of the militants.
Meanwhile, the SAA is amassing a large force and preparing a counter-attack which will reportedly be led by the elite 25th Special Mission Forces Division.
It is unclear yet if the counter-attack will be launched from within Aleppo, or if the army will move from the southern countryside to encircle the militants in order to spare civilians in the city a harsh battle similar to the one that took place after the militants entered the first time in 2012.
The so-called Operation Deterrence of Aggression was launched early on November 27 from the Greater Idlib region, which includes Idlib city and parts of the governorates countryside as well as several towns in the northern Lattakia countryside, the northwestern Hamas countryside and the western countryside of Aleppo.
The Turkish military maintains a large presence in the region. However, HTS is the de-facto ruler. The terrorist group’s offensive put an end to a ceasefire agreement that was brokered by both Russia and Turkey on March 5 of 2020.
In the month leading to the offensive several reports talked about a plan by HTS and its allies to attack Aleppo city in order to take advantage of the distraction caused by the ongoing Israeli war on both the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. Moreover, Russian intelligence warned that the secret services of the Kiev regime were actively providing support to militants in Greater Idlib.
Turkey was clearly aware of the offensive, which has so far claimed the lives of more than 200 people from all sides, yet it did nothing at all to prevent it.
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syrian assad went to russia today to talk with putin, assad is wondering what happened in the conversation/talk between putin and erdoğan on 24 november?
glory to israel, the only country that can carry a moral, clean and lawful genocide, may its blessings befall the middle east. afghanistan, somalia and syria always at war, while israel at peace 🪖⚔and prosperity 🤑. the world can learn a lot from 🇮🇱💘
you’re ignorant england committed the total absolute genocide in tasmania .not long ago either .but before hitler’s team attempted to genocide europe of jews of course .him.being carholic serving the pope the church and crown representing pharaonic values the jews democracy and rejection of autocrats. .basically. they hate the truth .
the following assumption is obvious: erdo makes the rebels in idlib sharp, they attack saa controlled territory, the saa strikes back and marches through to the turkish border!
with this, erdo solves his syria problem without losing face and makes his peace with the turkish population, which is becoming increasingly restless.
let’s make deals with the turks, then we’ll complain that the turks didn’t keep the deal, long live the mental retardation of the southfront rapporteurs, assad is to blame for trusting these deals with russia, and russia is to blame for always getting involved in these shitty deals, misnk is there to prove it
100% truth
there will be a lot of insecurity in syria to try and divert russian attention from ukraine. syria is in for difficult times because they need to wait for ukraine’s own militants to be reduced and pushed back. then both wars need to be decisively won, otherwise they will never end
wow some guys over there really have been sleeping the last 5 years. i would never have expected they would allow hts back in aleppo where everything was just rebuilt. remember a lot of soldiers gave their life for the liberation of this city. but frankly i had my doubts already because of isis remnants still being present in the central desert🤫
isis horus and set .
i can smell the stench of the israhell abomination and its ussan bea$t in all this terror and chaos. the anglozionazi empire of filth is desperate and doomed. z and lots of z until syria is cured of the joo poi$on.
have no doubt, it’s the americ*nts at it again! the assad must go is still the object the americ*nts are aiming for and what is better than to have some prime terrorists in the backpocket to do the dirty work. rest assured the greater israel project isn’t dead yet and the jews and the americ*nts are joined at the hips in that wet dream! just one thing to do, bury the jews at 6 feet and let the poofs go bankrupt, they can’t afford another outright war as it is.
and think about it, the jews are on a loosing streak and syria seems to be the low hanging fruit suitable as the first part of the greater israel project (apart from the west bank and the golan heights and gaza concentration camp). the hezbollah ceasefire agreement is a sham favouring the jews so it is necessary to continue to bury the jews asap!
the crusaders want istanbul with rome, not moscow they want constantinople back. .the reformation of the roman empire
unbelievable
is russia again betraying syria for the demon erdogan (and netanyaho)? did the syrian arab army cease to exist? it’s fascinating how apparently useless the saa is now…
aleppo is being lost and saa is still amassing a large force..
syrian army is a joke, soldiers use to flee, only few units like tiger force , 4º division and the druze brigade of the republican guard are a capable force.
i keep on saying the turks are scum. i know i sound like an old greek or armenian, but it’s true. never turn your back on a turk because you’ll get knifed for sure.