combat aircraft Syrian army and of Russia -ally of Damascus- bombed different neighborhoods of the city of Aleppoin the north and second city of Syria, after armed opposition factions supported by Turkey They took control of a large part of the city after four days of fighting, according to an NGO.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said these were the first bombings in Aleppo since 2016, when forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad They took control of Syria’s second largest city with the support and cover of Russia and Iranian-affiliated militias.
According to the NGO, the airstrikes targeted the Al Furqan districtwest of Aleppo, where a large part of the Islamist alliance fighters enter the city Levant Liberation Agency and other armed factions supported by Ankara.
The Observatory, based in the United Kingdom and with a vast network of collaborators on the ground, said the insurgents “took control of most of the city”, as well as government headquarters and even prisons, during the fourth day of the offensive aimed at capturing Aleppo.
In fact, the rebels’ Military Operations Administration said on its Telegram channel that there was “an major collapse in the ranks of the forces” of the Syrian army, whose troops “withdrew from several strategic locations” in the province of Aleppo and neighboring Idlib, the main stronghold of the opposition in Syria.
The provincial governor and the Syrian troops “they left the city center” and fled to the Al Safira area, east of Aleppo, according to the Observatory, which estimates that at least 311 people have died since the insurgent offensive began in the early hours of November 27.
Among them, 183 Islamist fighters and pro-Turkish factions; 100 soldiers from the Syrian army and pro-Iranian militias allied to Damascus; while 28 civilians lost their lives in Aleppo and Idlib, the vast majority of them in bombings by Russian aircraft, according to the NGO.
This happens at a time when Türkiye seeks to restore relations with Damascus, even if Al Assad says Ankara must withdraw troops from northern Syria and stop supporting opposition groups in an attempt to repair relations broken at the start of the Syrian civil war 13 years ago.
In addition, The rebel offensive began the same day the truce came into force in Lebanon. and after the hard blows inflicted by Israel on the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, both in this country and in Syria, where it maintains a strong presence and is one of the main allies of the Damascus government.
