INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Syrian rebels advancing against government forces pressed close on Tuesday to the major city of Hama, rebels and a war monitor stated, after
their sudden capture of Aleppo last week rocked President Bashar al-Assad
Rebels and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war display said insurgents had actually recorded towns including Maar Shahur a couple of
Reuters reported that reinforcements were arriving in the area.An attack on Hama would ramp up pressure on Assad, whose Russian and Iranian
allies have actually rushed to support him against a reviving disobedience
The city has actually remained in federal government hands since civil war emerged in 2011
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in an Arabic-language interview that Tehran would think about sending out soldiers to Syria if
Damascus asked, and Russian President Vladimir Putin urged an end to && terrorist aggression& & in Syria, RIA reported.Iraq Prime Minister
Shia al-Sudani stated Baghdad would not be && a mere viewer & in Syria and blamed Israeli military strikes on the Syrian federal
government for the rebel advance, his workplace said.Compounding Assad&& 's issues, fighters from a United States -backed, Kurdish-led union
battled federal government forces in the northeast, both sides stated, opening a new front along an essential supply route.Last week&& 's
rebel seizure of Aleppo &-- Syria&& 's largest city before the war &-- marked the most significant offensive for years.The cutting edge of
the dispute have been frozen because 2020 after Assad clawed back the majority of the country from rebels, thanks to assist from Russian air
power and military aid from Iran and its network of regional Shi&& ite militia groups.Now, nevertheless, Russia has been concentrating on
the war in Ukraine, while Israeli strikes over the previous 3 months have annihilated the leadership of Hezbollah, the strongest Iran-backed
force combating in Syria.On Monday, hundreds of Iran-backed Iraqi militia fighters went into Syria to back up Syrian federal government
forces, Iraqi and Syrian sources stated, however Hezbollah does not plan to send forces now.A rebel source said Iran-backed militia fighters
were amongst the forces they were fighting outside Hama.In current days, Russian and Syrian government warplanes have actually magnified
airstrikes versus rebels, both sides have said
Rescue employees have reported fatal strikes on medical facilities in Aleppo and Idlib
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