Tripoli: Jihadist-led rebels seized Aleppo’s aircraft and dozens of nearby towns on Saturday after overrunning most of Syria’s next area, a war check said.
As jihadists and their Turkish-backed allies launched a thunder offensive on Wednesday as a peace erupted in neighboring Lebanon, Moscow, a Syrian ally, launched its first airstrikes on Aleppo since 2016 to counteract the jihadists ‘ first airstrikes.
In a phone call with his Emirati equivalent, President Bashar al-Assad vowed to beat the “terrorists” but huge their attacks.
The battle has killed at least 327 individuals, most of them soldiers but likewise including 44 residents, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
” Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ( HTS ) and allied factions… took control of most of the city and government centres and prisons without meeting great resistance”, the Britain-based war monitor said.
They even overran Aleppo aircraft after government forces withdrew, and took command of “dozens of corporate cities without any weight”, it added.
The Observatory reported that the army had pulled out of Syria’s fourth largest city Hama, around 140 miles (90 miles ) south of Aleppo, in the face of the rebel advance.
However, a military source who was cited by state media claimed that the troops had stopped and that rebel models were also occupying positions.
In the spirit of Aleppo, an AFP artist saw insurgent fighters outside the town’s landmark castle.
The military confirmed that the insurgents had entered “large portions” of the city, which has a population of about 20 million, and that “dozens of our armed forces men were killed and others were wounded.”
Units is a ideology alliance led by Al-Qaeda’s past Syria tree which, with its supporters, has huge controlled a rebel area in the Idlib area of the north.
The Syrian government appears to have been abandoned by its major friends, Iran and Russia, according to Observatory key Rami Abdel Rahman, who has since launched symbolic attacks against Moscow.
Russia carried out air strikes in pieces of Aleppo immediately, the Observatory said.
After on Saturday, “at least 16 civilians were killed and 20 people maimed” in fresh cuts.
An AFP artist saw burnt cars, including a minivan. A woman’s body was found slumped in the back seats of a vehicle, her bag in her hand.
Rebel fighters ordered a curfew until 5 pm ( 1500 GMT ) Sunday for the safety of residents.
France and the United States both claimed that Aleppo’s reliance on Moscow and Tehran had caused the country’s citizens to flee, while France and the United States argued against doing so.
According to National Security Council official Sean Savett, Syria’s “reliance on Russia and Iran” and its refusal to pursue a 2015 peace approach” created the conditions then unfolding.”
– ‘ Waiting 10 times ‘-
A police place with a large portrait of Assad on the flag of rebels and a half lit president’s billboard were seen by protesters standing next to the president’s partly burned billboard.
The rebels “launched a large attack on the Aleppo and Idlib sides from various axes,” according to the Syrian army.
The Observatory reported that the authorities had lost 100 soldiers and militiamen as the battle continued for a third time, while the insurgents had lost 183.
The rebels allegedly seized Khan Sheikhun and Maaret al-Numan from lots of towns in the northeast.
” We’ve been waiting for this” for decades, rebel warrior Mohamed Hammadi told AFP in a circle in Aleppo, Syria’s pre-war production gateway.
” We are going to clean all of Syria, God willing”, the 29-year-old said.
– Gunshots-
According to the pro-government television station Sham FM, “armed parties were present in a number of Aleppo roads and neighbourhoods.”
The majority of residents avoid leaving their homes, according to the report, and almost all public and private institutions in the area are closed.
According to the Observatory,” the police and security tree commanders and the government of Aleppo withdrew from the city center.”
A insurgent flag hung from a traffic light as some insurgent fighters emitted cheerful gunshot as they approached the city center, according to images.
Up until 2016, when an military assault forced a negotiated departure, the eastern Aleppo regions had been under rebel control.
– ‘ Serious concern’-
Russia, whose heat aid was decisive in turning the tide in the administration’s favour, joined Iran on Saturday in expressing “extreme problem” over their alliance’s costs.
In a read-out of a telephone Sergei Lavrov and Abbas Araghchi made, the Russian foreign ministry stated that the Arab Arab Republic’s” strong support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Arab Muslim Nation” was reiterated.
Tehran announced that Araghchi may visit Damascus on Sunday to discuss the insurgent assault, which involved the attack of the Egyptian embassy in Aleppo.
Since 2020, the Idlib rebel area has been content to a Greek- and Russian-brokered peace that had mostly been holding despite repeated violations.
According to his ministry, the Egyptian minister will consult with people there as well.
On Saturday, Lavrov and his Greek rival Hakan Fidan both agreed that” coordinated joint action to stabilize the situation.”
Moscow’s hostile attack of the insurgent area was called into question by Ankara in a statement released on Friday.
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, the prime minister of Iraq, told Assad on Saturday that” Syria’s security and stability play a vital part in local safety.”
