The Syrian military mentioned Saturday that dozens of its troopers had been killed in a serious assault led by Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels who swept into the town of Aleppo, forcing the military to redeploy within the largest problem to President Bashar Assad in years.
Russia’s Protection Ministry mentioned its air power had carried out strikes on Syrian rebels in help of the nation’s military, Russian information businesses reported. The strikes adopted what was the boldest insurgent assault for years in a civil conflict the place entrance strains had largely been frozen since 2020.
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), as soon as referred to as the al-Nusra Entrance, is designated a terrorist group by the U.S., Russia, Turkey and different states. Assad is an in depth Moscow ally.