Assad, has condemned the unexpected advance of anti-government Islamist rebels on the city of Aleppo as an attack on Syria's sovereignty. "Of course this is an encroachment on Syria's sovereignty in this region,

The Syrian Civil War reignited after four years of docility when a rebel coalition launched a surprise offensive against Syrian government positions.

Syrian rebels launched a surprise offensive into western Aleppo, challenging years of government control and reigniting fears in a war-weary city.

Syria’s antigovernment rebels claimed a stunning advance into Aleppo, in a setback for the government in Damascus and its allies Russia and Iran.

Syrian rebels have reportedly breached the city of Aleppo itself, according to open source analysts and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, as thousands of insurgent fighters make startling advances in their surprise offensive against President Bashar al-Assad's regime in northwestern Syria.

Syrian opposition fighters on Friday breached Syria's second-largest city of Aleppo for the first time in years, activists and rebels reported. "The rebels have entered areas inside the city of Aleppo for the first time since 2016,