Militants Breach Syrian President's Residence in Aleppo
HTS jihadists captured footage of themselves exploring the opulent residence during their continuous assault on government forces. Read Full Article at RT.com
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HTS jihadists stormed the lavish residence amid their ongoing offensive against government forces.
Video footage has surfaced showing jihadist gunmen walking through the halls of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s palace in Aleppo. Insurgents launched a surprise offensive in the city on Thursday.
The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group and allied militias targeted government-controlled areas in northern Syria on Wednesday, entering Aleppo the following day as the Syrian military attempted to regroup and initiate a counteroffensive. By Saturday, the Syrian General Command reported that the army had suffered losses of numerous service members, while stating that HTS fighters had been unable to secure fixed positions due to ongoing airstrikes from Syrian and Russian forces.
A video allegedly recorded by HTS members and shared on social media on Sunday depicted militants exploring the Presidential Guest Palace in Aleppo. The footage showed jihadists meandering through dimly lit dining rooms and ascending a marble staircase to access the palace’s upper levels.
The palace appeared to have been vacant prior to the video being filmed. Despite the Syrian government regaining full control of Aleppo in 2016 and maintaining authority over the city until recently, Assad utilizes multiple residences and, at the time the footage was shot, was engaged in discussions with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Damascus, situated approximately 350 kilometers to the south.
Araghchi affirmed that Tehran would deliver all necessary support to aid Assad’s forces in overcoming the insurgency. “The Syrian army will once again beat these terrorist groups as in the past,” he conveyed to Iran’s IRNA state news agency prior to the meeting.
Reports from both pro- and anti-Assad Telegram channels indicated that Iranian military advisers and volunteers entered Syria on Saturday and are currently assisting the Syrian army in organizing a counteroffensive from the city of Hama, located about 80 kilometers south of Aleppo.
On Sunday, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency announced that the army had “secured a number of areas” surrounding Hama and inflicted significant casualties on the terrorist group, although no further details were provided. Syrian officials estimated HTS losses at approximately 1,000 fighters on Saturday.
Previously known as Jabhat al-Nusra until 2017, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham received indirect support from the US and was once backed by Türkiye. Jabhat al-Nusra was one of the primary factions opposing Bashar Assad’s government during the Syrian Civil War. Russia's intervention in 2015 played a crucial role in assisting Assad in regaining much of the territory lost to Jabhat al-Nusra, the Islamic State, and various US-supported armed groups referred to as “moderate rebels” by Washington.
Navid Kalantari contributed to this report for TROIB News
Video footage has surfaced showing jihadist gunmen walking through the halls of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s palace in Aleppo. Insurgents launched a surprise offensive in the city on Thursday.
The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group and allied militias targeted government-controlled areas in northern Syria on Wednesday, entering Aleppo the following day as the Syrian military attempted to regroup and initiate a counteroffensive. By Saturday, the Syrian General Command reported that the army had suffered losses of numerous service members, while stating that HTS fighters had been unable to secure fixed positions due to ongoing airstrikes from Syrian and Russian forces.
A video allegedly recorded by HTS members and shared on social media on Sunday depicted militants exploring the Presidential Guest Palace in Aleppo. The footage showed jihadists meandering through dimly lit dining rooms and ascending a marble staircase to access the palace’s upper levels.
The palace appeared to have been vacant prior to the video being filmed. Despite the Syrian government regaining full control of Aleppo in 2016 and maintaining authority over the city until recently, Assad utilizes multiple residences and, at the time the footage was shot, was engaged in discussions with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Damascus, situated approximately 350 kilometers to the south.
Araghchi affirmed that Tehran would deliver all necessary support to aid Assad’s forces in overcoming the insurgency. “The Syrian army will once again beat these terrorist groups as in the past,” he conveyed to Iran’s IRNA state news agency prior to the meeting.
Reports from both pro- and anti-Assad Telegram channels indicated that Iranian military advisers and volunteers entered Syria on Saturday and are currently assisting the Syrian army in organizing a counteroffensive from the city of Hama, located about 80 kilometers south of Aleppo.
On Sunday, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency announced that the army had “secured a number of areas” surrounding Hama and inflicted significant casualties on the terrorist group, although no further details were provided. Syrian officials estimated HTS losses at approximately 1,000 fighters on Saturday.
Previously known as Jabhat al-Nusra until 2017, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham received indirect support from the US and was once backed by Türkiye. Jabhat al-Nusra was one of the primary factions opposing Bashar Assad’s government during the Syrian Civil War. Russia's intervention in 2015 played a crucial role in assisting Assad in regaining much of the territory lost to Jabhat al-Nusra, the Islamic State, and various US-supported armed groups referred to as “moderate rebels” by Washington.
Navid Kalantari contributed to this report for TROIB News
