(29 Nov 2024)
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Western Aleppo countryside, Syria – 29 November 2024
1. Various of smoke due to strikes and clashes between the opposition and the Syrian regime forces in western countryside of Aleppo district
2. Various of opposition tanks at a captured regime checkpoint in Aleppo countryside
3. Various of regime military position captured by opposition forces in Western Aleppo and opposition forces’ vehicles controlling the main highway
4. Various drone aerials of international highway M5 in Western Aleppo countryside controlled by opposition forces
STORYLINE:
Insurgents breached Syria’s largest city Friday and clashed with government forces for the first time since 2016, according to a war monitor and fighters, in a surprise attack that sent residents fleeing and added fresh uncertainty to a region reeling from multiple wars.
The advance on Aleppo followed a shock offensive launched by insurgents Wednesday, as thousands of fighters swept through villages and towns in Syria’s northwestern countryside. Residents fled neighborhoods on the city’s edge because of missiles and gunfire, according to witnesses in Aleppo. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the country’s unresolved civil war, said dozens of fighters from both sides were killed.
The attack injected new violence into a region experiencing dual wars in Gaza and Lebanon involving Israel, and other conflicts, including the Syrian civil war that began in 2011.
Aleppo has not been attacked by opposition forces since they were ousted from eastern neighborhoods in 2016 following a grueling military campaign in which Syrian government forces were backed by Russia, Iran and its allied groups.
But this time, there was no sign of a significant pushback from government forces or their allies. Instead, reports emerged of government forces melting away in the face of advances, and insurgents posted messages on social media calling on troops to surrender.
AP video shot by: Ghaith Alsayed
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