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On 27 November 2024, a coalition of Syrian revolutionary factions called the Military Operations Command [45] led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and supported by allied Turkish-backed groups [46] [47] [48] in the Syrian National Army (SNA) launched an offensive against the Ba'athist regime's armed forces in Idlib, Aleppo and Hama Governorates in Syria.
The 2024 Homs offensive was a military operation launched by forces of the Syrian Salvation Government (SSG) and allied Turkish-backed [12] rebel groups in the Syrian Interim Government (SIG) during the 2024 Syrian opposition offensive, a phase of the Syrian Civil War.
Syria and Russia regularly conduct joint military drills. In February 2022, the two countries conducted drills a week before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. In June 2022, the Syrian and Russian air forces conducted drills over different parts of the country including the edge of the Golan Heights. In October 2022, Syrian state media ...
Russian airstrikes targeted rural parts of Idlib and Hama under rebel control. [1] According to Syrian state news agency SANA, the army overnight pushed back rebels in the northern countryside of Hama Governorate. [17] Both SANA and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed that the Syrian Army succeeded in pushing the rebels back.
In the days leading up to and during the 2024 Syrian opposition offensives, several military clashes involving ISIS cells, Syrian rebel forces, Syrian government forces, and US-led international coalition forces involving the United Kingdom, France, Jordan, Turkey, Canada, Australia, and others, occurred in Deir ez-Zor Governorate.
The military activity of Russia in Syria has been criticized by the US and its regional allies; Turkey overtly clashed with the Russian military in November 2015 over the alleged violation of its airspace by a Russian plane, as well as over Russia′s bombardment of the areas held by anti-government forces supported by Turkey.
As of 2024, the estimated number of Russian troops in Syria is 4000. [9] The Russian government and the Syrian government have long been allies, and the fall of the regime would have meant the loss of an important Russian ally in the region. [47] In a March 2023 interview with Russian media, Assad stated that he would welcome more Russian ...
Syrian state media reported that projectiles launched by the rebels hit student housing in the University of Aleppo, killing four people, including two students. [46] In the early hours of 30 November 2024, rebel forces captured the Citadel of Aleppo and the government headquarters in the city, [39] [47] as well as "more than half" of the city ...