The leader of Syria’s most powerful insurgent group has toured the seized city of Aleppo in a surprise visit, for the first time since the group captured large parts of the city last weekend, as fierce fighting intensifies in the government-led counter-offensive in northern Hama.
Syria n insurgents ride on motorcycles through abandoned Syria n army vehicles on a road in the outskirts of Hama, Syria , Tuesday Dec. 3, 2024.An abandoned Syria n army armoured vehicle sits on a road controlled by Syria n insurgents in the outskirts of Hama, Syria , Tuesday Dec. 3, 2024. Syria n opposition fighters manoeuvre using armoured vehicles seized from the Syria n army in the town of Maarat al-Numan, south of Idlib, Syria , Tuesday Dec. 3, 2024.
A Syrian photographer working for the German news agency dpa was killed in an airstrike near the city of Hama, the agency said Wednesday. Anas Alkharboutli, 32, has long documented Syria’s civil war, which started after a brutal crackdown on a popular uprising against Assad in 2011. He has worked for dpa since 2017.
Tens of thousands have been displaced by the fighting, which started last week, Geir Pedersen, the U.N. special envoy for Syria, said Tuesday. Nidal Assaf, 38, fled the northern Hama countryside where the insurgency took over several towns and villages. Speaking from a school-turned-shelter in Homs, he said the residents and army couldn’t handle the fighters, and had to flee amid the fighting with his family and tens of relatives.
Turkey, which backs Syria’s opposition, has called on Assad to reconcile with opposition forces and include them in any political solution to end the conflict.
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