BEIRUT/AMMAN: Syrian rebels advancing against government forces pushed close on Tuesday to the major city of Hama, rebels and a war monitor said, after their sudden capture of Aleppo last week rocked
Anti-regime fighters pose for a picture with an army helicopter on the tarmac at the Nayrab military airport in the northern Syria n city of Aleppo on Dec 2, 2024. pushed close on Tuesday to the major city of Hama, rebels and a war monitor said, after their sudden capture of Aleppo last week rocked
Iraq Prime Minister Shia al-Sudani said Baghdad would not be"a mere spectator" in Syria and blamed Israeli military strikes on the Syrian government for the rebel advance, his office said. A rebel source said Iran-backed militia fighters were among the forces they were battling outside Hama. The Syrian Democratic Forces, an umbrella group which controls territory in Syria's east with U.S. support, said early on Tuesday that its Deir al-Zor Military Council had"become responsible for protecting" seven villages previously held by the Syrian army.
The US military, which has a small number of troops based at a gas field in the area, carried out at least one strike in self-defence overnight, a US official said, adding it was not related to the ongoing rebel advances.
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