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On Tuesday, Islamist-led rebels clashed with Syrian army forces as they moved toward the city of Hama in central Syria, according to a war monitor. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the rebels, including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and their allies, engaged in some of the most intense fighting with government forces since launching their rapid offensive last …

For the first time since 2016, Syrian government forces clashed with insurgents inside Aleppo, the country’s largest city, while airstrikes targeted rebel supply lines on the city’s outskirts, according to state media reports on Saturday. On Friday, insurgents breached government defenses in Aleppo, advancing into the western part of the city with minimal resistance. Their offensive, which began on Wednesday, …