Syria's Aleppo No Longer In Control Of Assad Govt For First Time As Insurgents Sweep City

Last Updated:December 01, 2024, 16:34 IST

As the rebel group began its offensive on Wednesday, insurgents seized several towns and villages in Aleppo.

Syrian opposition supporters stand atop a captured Syrian army tank in the town of Maarat al-Numan. (AP)

The Syrian city of Aleppo is no longer under the control of President Bashar al-Assad’s government for the first time since the conflict began in the country after insurgents led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham swept the city, according to a war monitor.

HTS and allied rebel factions “control Aleppo city, except the neighbourhoods controlled by the Kurdish forces. For the first time since the conflict started in 2012, Aleppo city is out of control of Syrian regime forces," Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP.

(This is a developing story. More details to be added.)

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