TOPSHOT – Anti authorities fighters journey at the back of a choose truck within the city of Suran, between Aleppo and Hama, on December 3, 2024. (Photograph by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP) (Photograph by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
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TOPSHOT – Anti authorities fighters journey at the back of a choose truck within the city of Suran, between Aleppo and Hama, on December 3, 2024. (Photograph by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP) (Photograph by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
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Syrian anti-government insurgents declare they’ve entered town of Hama — a significant Syrian authorities stronghold.
This continues their momentum over the past week, when additionally they seized Syria’s second largest metropolis, Aleppo. For the reason that warfare began in 2011, half one million folks have been killed and lots of hundreds of thousands of others displaced.
The Syrian Civil Conflict has been locked in a stalemate for years. Now, insurgent forces are gaining floor in opposition to the oppressive regime of Bashar al-Assad. Will the group in the end finish his management over the nation?
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