SYRIA REBELS LAUNCH MAJOR OFFENSIVE – CAPTURE TERRITORY

Mario Nawfal

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🚨🇸🇾SYRIA REBELS LAUNCH MAJOR OFFENSIVE – CAPTURE TERRITORY

Rebels in northwest Syria, led by the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), have launched a large-scale offensive, seizing territory from Assad’s forces for the first time in years.

Heavy clashes have resulted in 180 combatants killed on both sides and 19 civilians dead from Syrian and Russian airstrikes on opposition-held areas.

This is a major development in Syria’s civil war, which has already claimed over 500,000 lives since 2011.

Idlib remains the last major opposition stronghold, housing over 4 million displaced people.

Source: BBC, AP