Syrian rebel fighters breach Aleppo for first time since 2016

Syrian rebels person breached Aleppo for the archetypal clip since the country's authorities recaptured the metropolis successful 2016, according to warfare monitors and fighters.

Insurgents led by the Islamist militant radical Hayat Tahrir al-Sham person been advancing towards Aleppo - seizing towns and villages on the mode - since launching a daze violative connected Wednesday.

"Relentless attacks" implicit the past 3 days successful north-western Syria person killed 27 civilians, including 8 children, a UN authoritative has said.

Insurgents contiguous blew up 2 car bombs and clashed with authorities forces connected the city's occidental edge, according to warfare show the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Projectiles fired by rebels killed 4 people, including 2 students, erstwhile they landed connected accommodation buildings astatine Aleppo's metropolis centre university, Syrian authorities media reported.

It besides said proscription to the metropolis had been diverted distant from the main road linking Aleppo to Damascus, successful bid to debar clashes.

Witnesses successful Aleppo, Syria's second-largest city, said missiles and exchanges of occurrence had prompted residents to fly their neighbourhoods.

Insurgents person posted videos online showing themselves utilizing drones successful their beforehand for the archetypal time. It is not wide to what grade they were utilized connected the battlefield.

Videos geolocated by Sky News amusement armoured vehicles connected the fringes of Aleppo and rebels celebrating astatine its Western entrance.

Another shows a radical of much than 10 men moving done the streets. At slightest 1 of them appears to beryllium armed.

The Syrian authorities has not commented connected the rebels breaching the metropolis limits.

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Syria's Armed Forces said successful a connection connected Friday that it had been clashing with insurgents successful the countryside surrounding Aleppo and the adjacent Idlib, astir 35 miles away.

It has vowed to repel the onslaught and claims rebels person dispersed mendacious accusation astir their advances.

Insurgents present power astir 70 locations successful the Aleppo and Idlib provinces, according to a Turkish state-run quality agency.

The 2016 conflict for Aleppo marked a turning constituent successful the warfare betwixt the Syrian authorities - backed by Russia, Iran and its allied groups - and rebel fighters.

An all-out warfare had been ongoing for 5 years, pursuing protests against Syrian President Bashar Assad's rule.