Damascus: Armed rebels have launched a massive attack on the Syrian city of Aleppo. They have captured more than half of the city of Aleppo. Rebel security forces have been deployed in front of Aleppo University. As a result, President Bashar Assad is in serious trouble. Following this major attack, along the lines of Afghanistan, Syria is also moving towards regime change. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is backed by Russia and Iran, has for years relied on help from Russian and Iranian forces to contain rebels, but ongoing conflicts in the Middle East have weakened his allies. This gave the rebels an opportunity to attack Aleppo.
The next few hours in Syria are said to be important for the change of power. Let us tell you, this is the largest attack by Islamist rebels in Syria against the forces of President Bashar al-Assad in recent years. They also captured government-controlled towns and then took control of “half of the city of Aleppo.” Under this situation, this has become the first major challenge faced by President Assad and his allies such as Russia and Iran in four years.
Islamist insurgents advance
Islamist rebel groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) are currently advancing from the remaining rebel-held Idlib areas in Syria after Russia and Turkey, which back the rebels, agreed to a ceasefire. As of Friday, opposition fighters and their Turkish-backed allies had captured more than 50 towns and villages in the north and entered western Aleppo. Approximately two million people live here. The city was Syria’s manufacturing hub before the war. The militants quickly captured half of Aleppo without encountering significant resistance, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Syrian civil war
The attack came in the wake of Syria’s civil war that began in March 2011, when President Assad’s regime launched a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests in the city of Daraa. The Assad family, which has ruled Syria since 1971, has used brutal force to suppress the rebellion. Nonetheless, demonstrations soon spread across the country. Protesters have armed themselves to defend their cities and launched attacks on Syrian forces. Over the following months, the rebels splintered into hundreds of armed groups. As rebel groups gain ground in the early stages of the civil war, Bashar al-Assad turns to allies for help in keeping his regime alive. Iran, Syria’s closest ally, has supported Assad’s regime since the war began, providing advisers, weapons, billions of dollars and troops to help him stay in power, the Daily Telegraph reported.
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