{"id":131047,"date":"2024-11-28T14:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131047"},"modified":"2024-11-28T14:00:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T07:00:07","slug":"syrian-rebel-groups-launch-largest-offensive-in-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131047","title":{"rendered":"Syrian Rebel Groups Launch Largest Offensive in Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Syrian opposition forces have launched an offensive in western Aleppo district that has killed at least 89 people and overtaken a Syrian military base, a monitoring group based in Britain reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The attacks are the most notable escalation in the Syrian conflict in years, experts say. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Fighters from various rebel factions, including a group linked to Al Qaeda called Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, had advanced by Wednesday to within<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span>about six miles of Aleppo and taken over weapons and vehicles previously held by forces loyal to the government of President Bashar al-Assad, according to the monitoring group, the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.syriahr.com\/en\/350043\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Syrian Observatory for Human Rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Opposition factions <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/aleamaliaat_aleaskaria\/20\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> on the Telegram messaging app that they had taken Base 46, the largest Syrian government base in the area, as well as tanks, and had captured members of the pro-government forces on Wednesday. They also announced that they had taken over a number of villages in the countryside west of Aleppo district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIn the matter of about 10 hours, a wide spectrum of armed opposition groups have managed to get to within about four or five kilometers now of Aleppo city, which is of gigantic significance,\u201d Charles Lister, the director of Middle East Institute\u2019s Syria and counterterrorism programs, said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Syrian government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The attacks are believed to be the first major effort since 2020 by the rebel groups to take territory, when <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/03\/05\/world\/europe\/putin-erdogan-syria.html\" title=\"\">Turkey<\/a>, which sided with the opposition forces, and Russia, which is Syria\u2019s ally, brokered a cease-fire to halt fighting in the Idlib region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The recent escalation is part of increasing volatility in the region, experts say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cPro-regime militias have been upping their attacks in the area, trying to deter the rebels because Israel has been weakening the Syrian regime\u2019s allies like Hezbollah and Iran,\u201d said Natasha Hall, a senior fellow with the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The success of the offensive thus far shows the vulnerability of the Syrian government and the growing prowess of the various opposition factions, experts say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cYears ago, an offense of this size would have been pushed back by the regime,\u201d Mr. Lister said. But opposition forces like Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which traces its origins from the Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra, have invested heavily in resources and training for night operations. \u201cThat basically levels the playing field,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Mustafa Aledou, a pharmacist and program manager for MedGlobal, a Chicago-based nonprofit, lives in Idlib city and said he was less than 20 miles from the attacks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">His family woke early in the morning to the sound of bombing, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe can hear the explosions,\u201d he said. \u201cWe can hear the attacks in the battle in the frontline between the fighting forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The local authorities announced the closure of schools and large markets because of the fighting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Milana Mazaeva<!-- --> contributed research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/27\/world\/middleeast\/syria-opposition-forces-bases.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syrian opposition forces have launched an offensive in western Aleppo district that has killed at least 89 people and overtaken a Syrian military base, a monitoring group based in Britain &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131047\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}