Syrian rebels have launched a surprise offensive against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, a significant escalation in Syria’s civil war, which is raising concerns about a potential wider regional conflict in the Middle East. NBC News’ Matt Bradley reports from Beirut.
Syria's military has rushed reinforcements to the country's northwest and launched airstrikes in an attempt to push backand a spokesperson for its foreign ministry said today that military consultants remain in the country at the request of its government.
"It is our greatest wish that the territorial integrity and national unity of Syria will be protected, and that the instability that has been going on for 13 years will end by consensus in line with the legitimate demands of the Syrian people," Ergodan said in a post on X. Iranian state news agency FARSNA also reported on the call and added that Pezeshkian blamed the U.S. and Israel for the recent events. He also reportedly told Putin that Iran is ready"to cooperate with Russia in this regard."The latest developments in Syria"pose severe risks to civilians and have serious implications for regional and international peace and security," the United Nations' special envoy to the country said today.
In a separate interview with Democrat TV on Saturday, he said that the Israeli government was seeking “to conquer, to annex, to carry out ethnic cleansing.”Russian airstrikes have targeted a group of health centers and hospitals in the rebel-held city of Idlib in northwest Syria, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said today.
Initially believed to have been captured alive, Omer was later confirmed to have been killed that day, with his body taken into the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli military. It also dismissed reports of rebel control in certain areas as false propaganda aimed at boosting morale among retreating fighters.Eyewitness video released Sunday showed explosions striking a busy road in the Syrian city of Aleppo.Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has reaffirmed his country’s unwavering support for Syria during a phone call with the country's President Bashar al-Assad, a statement from Assad’s office said on Telegram today.
Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko was also quoted by Russian state media as saying that he said he"cannot rule out" the possibility of a meeting with Turkey and Iran to discuss a settlement in Syria.Around 40 miles south of Aleppo in the Syrian city of Idlib, civil defense teams raced to rescue survivors of strikes by Syrian government forces today.
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