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Syrian rebels seize key metropolis of Hama in newest blow for Bashar al Assad

By Editorial Board Published December 5, 2024 3 Min Read
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Syrian rebels seize key metropolis of Hama in newest blow for Bashar al Assad

Syrian rebels have captured the central metropolis of Hama within the newest blow to President Bashar al Assad.

The Syrian military stated it had withdrawn and brought up positions outdoors town to guard civilians, hours after opposition fighters stated they had been marching in direction of its centre.

The insurgents stated that they had entered Syria’s fourth-largest metropolis on Thursday after days of intense combating with authorities forces on its outskirts.

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Air strikes hit Hama as rebels advance

The autumn of Hama follows a lightning offensive by the jihadi group Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) and Turkish-backed Syrian militias referred to as the Syrian Nationwide Military.

The shock assault noticed militants seize a lot of Syria’s largest metropolis Aleppo final week and reignited the nation’s civil battle, the place the frontlines have largely been frozen in place over the previous few years.

The battle for Hama noticed fierce battles inside town, in accordance with the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

“If Hama falls, it means that the beginning of the regime’s fall has started,” the monitor’s chief, Rami Abdurrahman, stated earlier than town was captured.

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Hama is among the few cities that remained beneath Mr Assad’s management throughout Syria’s civil battle, which erupted in 2011 following a preferred rebellion.

The central metropolis of Homs, Syria’s third-largest, is round 40km (25 miles) away and is prone to be the rebels’ subsequent goal.

It sits on a serious crossroads in Syria, linking the capital Damascus to the north and the coast to the west.

Smoke billows near residential buildings in a picture taken from a drone in Aleppo, Syria.
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Smoke billows close to residential buildings in Aleppo. Pic: Reuters

“The big battle is the one coming against Homs. If Homs falls, we are talking of a potential change of regime.”

Mr Assad has been in a position to keep in energy largely due to the assistance of his allies, Russia and Iran, however each nations – in addition to the Iran-backed Hezbollah group – have been distracted by their very own wars.

Russia has been preoccupied with its invasion of Ukraine since 2022 and Hezbollah in Lebanon has suffered heavy losses in its battle with Israel.

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