With Regional Eyes Distracted, Rebel Groups Advance Against Syrian Regime - Analysis
An advance by Syrian rebel groups has caught the Syrian regime by surprise. The regime, backed by Iran and Russia, has lost ground near Aleppo.
This is the largest setback for the regime and its Iranian backers in many years. Video from Syria shows the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) inside a Syrian regime base of the 46th Regiment. According to other reports from Syria, an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officer was killed during the rebel advance.
The attacks by the rebel groups are important because they indicate their intention to restart fighting with the regime. This comes after days of strikes by the regime against areas in Idlib, northern Syria.
This area is controlled by HTS, which is one of the more extreme of the rebel groups. It controls Idlib while neighboring areas are occupied by Turkey and Turkish-backed Syrian rebel groups.
The Syrian regime lacks troops and is exhausted from a decade of civil war. Russia, which backs the regime, has been focused on fighting Ukraine. Iran is focused on Israel. Hezbollah has lost thousands of fighters in the war with Israel. As such, it cannot send men to fight on the Aleppo front, where it has fought in the past. (JPost/VFI News)
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