Jihadists and their allies have overrun roughly half of Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest urban center, reaching the city’s historic fortress, two days after launching a surprise, blitzkrieg attack on government troops, a non-governmental organization told AFP. “Half of the city of Aleppo is now under the control of (jihadist group) Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and organizations allied with it,” said Rami Abdel Rahman, the director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, explaining that in the second phase of hostilities , the Damascus troops withdrew without firing a rifle, “without a fight”. How the jihadists entered Aleppo Earlier, the jihadists entered Aleppo, as part of an offensive that has now lasted four days and ended years of comparative calm in northwestern Syria. At least 277 people have been killed in the fighting, according to an earlier count by the Britain-based non-governmental organization, which relies on a wide network of sources in Syria. These are the bloodiest […]
Source: News Beast
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