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The Battle of Aleppo (Arabic: مَعْرَكَةُ حَلَبَ, romanized: Maʿrakat Ḥalab) was a major military confrontation in Aleppo, the largest city in Syria, [78] between the Syrian opposition (including the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and other largely-Sunni groups, such as the Levant Front and the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front) [79 ...
Syrian opposition tanks in or near Aleppo, 29 November 2024. On 29 November 2024, rebel forces approached the outskirts of Aleppo. They took Khalsa, Al-Rashidin and Khan Tuman, where the army abandoned four T-55 tanks. [36] The Syrian government was overwhelmed by the rebel offensive's speed, and could not organize a coordinated defense of ...
Rebel forces in Syria have taken control of the "majority" of the country's second-largest city, Aleppo, according to the UK-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
Possessing the most developed commercial and industrial plants in Syria, Aleppo is a major centre for manufacturing precious metals and stones. [227] The annual amount of the processed gold produced in Aleppo is around 8.5 tonnes, making up to 40% of the entire manufactured gold in Syria. [228]
2024 Aleppo University Hospital airstrike; Part of Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war and the Battle of Aleppo during the Northwestern Syria offensive in the Syrian civil war: Location: University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria: Date: 1 December 2024: Target: Aleppo University Hospital
Aleppo had been firmly held by the government since a 2016 victory there, one of the war's major turning points, when Russian-backed Syrian forces besieged and laid waste to rebel-held eastern ...
Map of the offensive. The offensive on 25 June, was preceded by heavy Russian air-strikes. [1] Heavy ground bombardment was also involved before the ground offensive was launched. The pro-government al-Watan newspaper said the amount of firepower used was "unprecedented," with local sources describing the fighting in the area as "World War III ...
After Russia began military operations in Syria, aerial bombardment intensified. [8] In 2015, there were more than 300 attacks on medical facilities by Syrian and Russian forces. [ 9 ] From May to December 2016, medical facilities were attacked about 200 times by Russian and Syrian forces.