Busy streets in Damascus city as the government sends in reinforcements to halt insurgents from adva

Описание: (1 Dec 2024)
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Damascus, Syria - 1 December 2024
1. Various of cars driving and people walking on the streets of Damascus
2. Various of cars driving with hotel in the background
3. Various of cars driving in the city center
4. Various of people walking on the sidewalks
STORYLINE:
The streets of Damascus were busy on Sunday with drivers and pedestrians going about their business in the Syrian capital, as the military rushed in reinforcements Sunday to push back insurgents from advancing farther into the northern Hama countryside.

The insurgents led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham took over most of Aleppo on Saturday and claimed to have entered the city of Hama. There was no independent confirmation of their claim. Rebel commander Col. Hassan Abdulghani said separately the insurgents also took control of Sheikh Najjar, also known as the Aleppo Industrial City, northeast of the city, Aleppo’s military academy and the field artillery college to the southwest.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi travels to Syrian capital Damascus later Sunday. He told reporters that Tehran will back the Syrian government and army.

The swift and surprise offensive is a huge embarrassment for Syria’s President Bashar Assad and raises questions about his armed forces’ preparedness. It also comes at a time when Assad’s allies — Iran and groups it backs and Russia — are preoccupied with their own conflicts.

Syrian state television claimed government forces had killed nearly 1,000 insurgents over the past three days, without providing evidence or details.

AP video by Abd Al Rahman Shaheen

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