In Syria, the Assad regime faces the “biggest rebel offensive in years”

It is “the biggest offensive by Syrian rebels against government forces in years”, announcement The New York Times, which continues: “[Elle] brought back the fear of a resumption of the civil war.” “The opposition factions are knocking on the door of Aleppo”, writes for its part the channel's website Syria TV, established in Istanbul and very hostile to the regime of Bashar El-Assad.

On Wednesday, November 27, the Islamist rebel group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham and other armed factions based in the Idlib region of northwest Syria launched a “military action” of magnitude against the forces of the regime of Bashar El-Assad and the pro-Iranian militias which support them. The area is one of the last strongholds outside Damascus' authority.

In just over forty-eight hours, this vast offensive, called “Deterrence of Aggression”, allowed the factions to “capture villages, towns and military positions” in the vicinity of Aleppo, Syria's second city, and east of the city of Idlib, “expelling the regime forces and their allied militias”, reports the Syrian opposition website Enab Baladi.

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