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Syria’s bloody civil warfare in opposition to the federal government of Bashar al-Assad began in 2011 however it had been in a stalemate for years. All that modified lately when rebels lead by a gaggle referred to as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham quickly routed authorities forces seizing the second most populous Syria metropolis, Aleppo. We hear response from Syrians and in regards to the group behind the revival of the battle.
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