{"id":163978,"date":"2024-12-06T10:05:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T15:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=163978"},"modified":"2024-12-05T18:56:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T23:56:14","slug":"syrian-rebel-group-captures-hama-after-capturing-aleppo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=163978","title":{"rendered":"Syrian rebel group captures Hama after capturing Aleppo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Syrian government framed its withdrawal from Aleppo as strengthening its defenses elsewhere. However, the Islamic group that captured Aleppo made their way to Hama and recently captured it. The next city on the road to Damascus is Homs. If this Islamic group captures this city, it would be in position to cut Damascus off from the Mediterranean Sea. Both Russia and Iran ramped up their respective support for Bashar al-Assad’s forces.<\/p>\n

From CNN:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hama is the second major city the rebels have captured in their week-long offensive, which has thrown the Assad regime’s forces into disarray. After capturing Aleppo last week, the rebels swept south to Hama — and now are setting their sights on Homs, the next city south on the highway to the Syrian capital of Damascus.<\/p>\n

“Our heroic people in Homs, your time has come,” a spokesperson for the rebels said Thursday.<\/p>\n

The shock offensive delivered a huge blow to Assad and his backers in Iran and Russia, and has reignited a civil war that had been largely dormant for years. More than 300,000 civilians in Syria have been killed since the conflict erupted after Assad’s government tried to stamp out peaceful pro-democracy protests in 2011.<\/p>\n

Hama is strategically located at a key crossroads in western-central Syria, providing direct supply lines between the capital Damascus and Aleppo. Rebels had been unable to capture the city since the start of the civil war.<\/p>\n

Abu Mohammad Al Jolani, the leader of Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS) — the main rebel group leading the offensive — said his forces entered Hama to “cleanse a 40-year-old wound.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Salem, M. & Kourdi, E. (2024, December 5). Syrian rebels capture second major city as army withdraws from Hama. CNN<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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