Everything you need to know about fighting in Syria between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militants and president Bashar al-Assad's forces.
Anti-government fighters pose for a picture on a tank on the road leading to Maaret al-Numan in Syria ’s northwestern Idlib province Fighting has engulfed Syria – 13 years after the start of the Civil War – as a new Jihadist-led coalition is attempting to overthrow president Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The balance of power appears to be shifting in Aleppo, where the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has seized the city, including its airport, and have since entered the citied of Hama and Idlib.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page In 2020, Russia and Turkey signed off on a ceasefire in the last remaining opposition-held province, Idlib, agreeing to establish a security corridor with joint patrols. There have been no major flare-ups since then but Syria’s government has never regained all of its territory.
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