Rebel troops stormed Aleppo, Syria's second-largest city, on Friday.
Russia appears to be 'letting the Syrian rebels overthrow' President Bashar al-Assad according to Richard Grenell, who served as acting director of National Intelligence for a time during Donald Trump's first administration.In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Grenell, who had been tipped as a possible member of Trump's incoming administration, commented: 'Russia seems to be letting the Syrian rebels overthrow Assad. Big. Time to play chess.
The fresh offensive has involved a number of rebel groups hostile to Assad with the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham faction, formed in 2017 by a coalition of different groups, some of which were affiliated with Al-Qaeda, playing a key role.There were social media reports that the rebel offensive managed to kill a number of Russian special forces personnel though this has not been independently verified by Newsweek.
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