{"id":133756,"date":"2024-12-05T23:58:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T16:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133756"},"modified":"2024-12-05T23:58:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T16:58:55","slug":"syrian-army-withdraws-from-hama-in-another-blow-for-president-assad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133756","title":{"rendered":"Syrian army withdraws from Hama in another blow for President Assad"},"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>\n<p>BEIRUT (AP) \u2014 Syrian insurgents entered the central city of Hama Thursday after days of intense clashes with government forces as they push forward with their week-long offensive that brought large parts of Syria under their control. <\/p>\n<p>The Syrian army said it has withdrawn from Hama after insurgents broke through its defenses marking another setback for President Bashar Assad, days after losing the country\u2019s largest city. The Syrian army said it redeployed from Hama and took positions outside the city to protect the lives of civilians.<\/p>\n<p>The insurgents\u2019s next target is likely to be the central city of Homs, the country\u2019s third largest. Homs, which is about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Hama, is the gate to the capital Damascus, Assad\u2019s seat of power and the coastal region that is a base of support for him. <\/p>\n<p>Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the de facto leader of the Syrian insurgency announced in a video message that the insurgency reached the city of Hama in a \u201cconquering that is not vengeful, but one of mercy and compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The capture of Hama, Syria\u2019s fourth largest city, is another blow to Assad days after insurgents captured much of the northern city of Aleppo, the country\u2019s largest city.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Golani is the leader of the most powerful insurgent group in Syria, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which long served as al-Qaida\u2019s branch in Syria and is considered a terrorist group by the U.N. as well as countries including the U.S. He publicly toured the city of Aleppo on Wednesday and spoke about Hama on Thursday from an undisclosed location in what appears to be a video filmed with a mobile phone.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday morning, Syrian insurgents said they entered Hama after three days of intense clashes with government forces on its outskirts, part of an <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JU2JGSVe54Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ongoing offensive<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian army said in a statement later that a number of troops were killed after resisting the insurgents for days. It accused the attackers of relying on suicide attacks to break through the defenses of the city. <\/p>\n<p>The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights \u2014 an opposition war monitor \u2014 said after fierce battles inside Hama, opposition gunmen now control the police command headquarters in the city as well as the sprawling air base and the central prison from where hundreds of detainees were set free. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Hama falls, it means that the beginning of the regime\u2019s fall has started,\u201d the Observatory\u2019s chief, Rami Abdurrahman, told The Associated Press before the city\u2019s capture.<\/p>\n<p>Hama is one of the few cities that remained under full government control during Syria\u2019s conflict, which broke out in March 2011 following a popular uprising. Its capture is a major setback for Assad.<\/p>\n<p>The offensive is being led by the jihadi group <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/syria-turkey-idlib-aleppo-hama-hts-sdf-65b2c2c864736327da1b7662a716768f\">HTS<\/a><\/span> as well as an umbrella group of Turkish-backed Syrian militias called the Syrian National Army. Their sudden capture of the northern city of Aleppo, an ancient business hub, was a stunning prize for <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/syria-insurgency-alqaida-algolani-0c11961094ca4fb7fe1bccce1c4b3302\">Assad\u2019s opponents<\/a><\/span> and reignited the conflict which had been largely stalemated for the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>Aleppo\u2019s takeover marked the first opposition attack on the city since 2016, when a brutal Russian air campaign retook it for Assad after rebel forces had initially seized it. Intervention by Russia, Iran and Iranian-allied Hezbollah, and other militant groups has allowed Assad to remain in power.<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/syria-hts-assad-aleppo-fighting-2be43ee530b7932b123a0f26b158ac22\">latest flare-up in Syria\u2019s long civil war<\/a><\/span> comes as Assad\u2019s main regional and international backers, Russia and Iran, are preoccupied with their own wars. <\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by the renewed fighting, which began with the surprise opposition offensive Nov. 27.<\/p>\n<p>The insurgents claimed on their Military Operations Department channel on the Telegram app Thursday that they have entered Hama and are marching toward its center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur holy warriors are fighting fierce battles in Hama neighborhoods with forces of the criminal regime,\u201d the channel quoted a local commander identified as Maj. Hassan Abdul-Ghani as saying. <\/p>\n<p>Hama is a major intersection point in Syria that links that country\u2019s center with the north as well as the east and the west. It is about 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of the capital, Damascus, Assad\u2019s seat of power. Hama province also borders the coastal province of Latakia, a main base of popular support for Assad.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s name is known for the 1982 massacre of Hama, one of the most notorious in the modern Middle East, when security forces under Assad\u2019s late father, Hafez Assad, killed thousands to crush a Muslim Brotherhood uprising.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Associated Press writer Albert Aji contributed to this report from Damascus, Syria.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><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:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/syria-aleppo-hama-hts-russia-0189297bbdc76eee67cb4fdc62136bef\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIRUT (AP) \u2014 Syrian insurgents entered the central city of Hama Thursday after days of intense clashes with government forces as they push forward with their week-long offensive that brought &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133756\" 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-133756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133756","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=133756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}