Syrian jihadists, allies seen entering Aleppo neighborhoods

By AFP 29 November 2024, 4:40 pm

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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Jihadists and their Turkish-backed allies reached the Syrian government-held city of Aleppo today, a war monitor says, days after launching a major offensive in the country’s north and northwest.

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and allied factions “are now in the southwestern and western neighborhoods of Aleppo city,” says Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Two Aleppo residents tell AFP they saw gunmen in their neighborhoods, as panic gripped Syria’s second city.