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It is the first time Syrian rebels have set foot in Aleppo since government forces regained control during the civil war in 2016. ... Aleppo was also the main rebel stronghold until Assad took it ...
As Syrian rebels charged into Aleppo over the weekend, setting foot in the city for the first time since they were forced out in 2016, some residents greeted them in the street with hugs.
A view shows a damaged poster of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo after the Syrian army said that dozens of its soldiers had been killed in a major attack by rebels who swept into the ...
Syrian government siege of rebel-held parts of Aleppo from Summer into Fall 2016, [395] two rebel counteroffensives repelled. [ 396 ] [ 397 ] On 12 December 2016, Syrian government forces had gained control of 98% of the formerly rebel-held east, and rebels were reportedly "near defeat".
Syrian opposition tanks in or near Aleppo, 29 November 2024. On 29 November 2024, rebel forces approached the outskirts of Aleppo. They took Khalsa, Al-Rashidin and Khan Tuman, where the army abandoned four T-55 tanks. [38] The Syrian government was overwhelmed by the rebel offensive's speed, and could not organize a coordinated defense of ...
Meanwhile, thousands of rebel soldiers from Aleppo's northern and eastern countryside began to move towards the city. Fighting in Salaheddine continued into the next day, as the Syrian Army began shelling rebel-controlled districts with artillery and attack helicopters. By the early afternoon of 21 July, rebel forces had penetrated Aleppo's ...
Syrian rebels have breached the city of Aleppo, with thousands of insurgent fighters making startling advances in their surprise offensive against President Bashar al-Assad's regime in ...
Syrian rebels captured Aleppo from President Bashar al-Assad's forces, bringing hopes of return among hundreds of thousands exiled from the city, which has been under Assad's control since 2016 ...