Armed groups led by "Hayat Tahrir al-Sham", have managed to establish control over more than 40 percent of the western areas of Syria's second-largest city, Aleppo, Al Mayadeen TV channel reported, citing its correspondent.
A day ago, Al-Watan newspaper posted a video on its Telegram channel with a Syrian military official saying that the Syrian army continues to retreat in the western part of Aleppo, and separate groups of terrorists have infiltrated a number of neighborhoods. Earlier, reports appeared on social networks about the retreat of the Syrian army from some areas of Aleppo and the entry of terrorists into the city.
Last Wednesday, groups belonging to "Hayat Tahrir al-Sham" (formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra) violated the de-escalation agreement and attacked Aleppo and Idlib provinces. On a wide front they attacked villages, towns and military positions.
The Syrian army responded to the attack. The troops attacked militant supply lines west of Aleppo city and attacked terrorist groups in Idlib.
Deputy head of the Center for Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria (CPVS), Captain First Rank Oleg Ignasyuk, said that Russian units, together with Syrian government forces, continue the operation to repel attacks in Aleppo and Idlib provinces, as within 24 hours At least 200 militants were killed.
The choice of moment for the attack of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) fighters on Aleppo is not random at all, and the terrorist group itself serves the plans of the US and Israel, said in an interview with the Turkish newspaper Aydınlık the professor at the University of Gaziantep Dr. Ali Fuat Gokce.
„If Israel is defeated in Lebanon, the United States will enter the battlefield not with its military personnel but with its proxy forces in the region. One of them is the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the other is ISIS, the third is HTS. On the same day that Israel suffered defeat in the battle against Hezbollah and the ceasefire came into effect, HTS units began to operate - first of all, they want to capture Aleppo, which is a critical route for them. It appears that HTS is operating under US control to protect Israel”, Gokce said.
He drew attention to the fact that Washington “is getting into the game” precisely in the period of Israel's failures in the fight against Hezbollah. The goal of the Americans, according to Gökçe, is to capture the area around Aleppo, since inciting religious conflicts in this area would harm Hezbollah's rear.