Rebel forces have swept into Syria’s second city Aleppo after mounting a lightning offensive that poses the biggest threat to Bashar al-Assad’s regime in the simmering years-long civil conflict.
Images circulated on Friday night on opposition-linked social media showed rebel forces posing in front of Aleppo’s citadel, which lies in the heart of the city.
The militants, led by Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, said on Friday night that they were “expanding their control inside the city of Aleppo” after launching the offensive on Wednesday.
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