Syrian rebels were seen in military vehicles around Aleppo, Syria, this Friday (29), as the opposition’s conflict with the ruling regime escalates.
The violence marks some of the worst clashes in years between the two sides.
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Fighting in northwestern Syria over the past three days has left 27 civilians dead, including eight children, according to David Carden, the UN’s deputy regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syria crisis.
Rebels led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group launched an incursion on Wednesday (27) in 12 cities and villages in Aleppo, which is controlled by the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Mohamed Hussein, a Hayat Tahrir al-Sham fighter, said the attack was a success. “The operation began three days ago and thank God we liberated the entire western countryside (of Aleppo) at the hands of the Mujahideen (fighters).”
In response, the Syrian Army said it continues to respond to the attack.
Understand the conflict in Syria
Syria’s civil war began during the Arab Spring in 2011, when the regime of Bashar al-Assad suppressed a pro-democracy uprising.
The country was plunged into full-scale conflict when a rebel force was formed, known as the Free Syrian Army, to fight government troops.
Furthermore, the Islamic State, a terrorist group, also managed to gain a foothold in the country and came to control 70% of Syrian territory.
Fighting escalated as other regional actors and world powers — from Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United States to Russia — joined in, escalating the country’s war into what some observers described as a “proxy war.”
Russia has allied with Bashar al-Assad’s government to fight the Islamic State and rebels, while the United States has led an international coalition to repel the terrorist group.
After a ceasefire agreement in 2020, the conflict remained largely “dormant”, with minor clashes between the rebels and the Assad regime.
More than 300,000 civilians have been killed in more than a decade of war, according to the UN, and millions of people have been displaced across the region.
This content was originally published in Video: Rebels drive tanks and military vehicles in northwest Syria on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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