▲ The attack by armed rebels against a dormitory complex in the city of Aleppo, in northern Syria, caused several injuries. In the image, the local hospital.Xinhua Photo
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La Jornada Newspaper
Saturday, November 30, 2024, p. 17
Beirut. Jihadist militias yesterday carried out a lightning offensive in Aleppo, the second most populated city in Syria, after detonating two car bombs and clashing with government forces. It is the first incursion of this type in said city in just over eight years.
Thousands of jihadists, fighting against the regime of President Bashar Al Assad, advanced towards the city of Aleppo in an offensive that began on Wednesday, taking several towns and villages on their way. At least 277 people died in these days of fighting, which, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, are the most violent since 2020.
Some rockets from the attacking militias fell on the city’s university campus and left four dead, including two students, as well as significant material damage; The residential neighborhoods of Nubl and Al Zahraa, north of Aleppo, were also bombed.
The general command of the Syrian army confirmed that the military They continue to respond to the major attack by terrorist organizationswhich they would be using heavy weaponry and that they have the presence in their ranks of a large group of foreignersindicated a statement from the Syrian Ministry of Defense.
Russian and Syrian warplanes bombed the area near the border with Turkey yesterday to try to repel a jihadist offensive that captured territory for the first time in years, army sources explained.
It is the first time that the city has been attacked by opposition forces since 2016, when they were expelled from the eastern neighborhoods after an intense military campaign in which the Syrian army had the support of Russia, Iran and their allied groups.
Iran accused Israel and the United States of being behind these new attacks, while Russia condemned the actions and described them as attack against sovereignty Syria.
The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Ismail Baghaei, indicated that the offensive by insurgent groups within the de-escalation zones in Aleppo and Idlib represents a serious violation of the agreements of the Astana processwith which the ceasefire was achieved.