A stunning rebel push in Aleppo resets Syria’s endless civil war
by Jared Malsin
Aug 13, 2016
3 minutes
THE CITY AT THE HEART OF SYRIA’S civil war saw a dramatic reversal of fortune in recent days as rebel fighters in Aleppo made a daring advance against forces loyal to the regime of President Bashar Assad. Opposition fighters reported that they had punched through pro-regime lines on Aug. 6, finally breaking a weeks-long government siege on the eastern half of the city that is held by the opposition and at the same
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