Syrian authorities and Russian warplanes intensified assaults on Monday in areas held by rebels within the northwest, residents and rescue staff mentioned, together with a strike on a displaced folks’s camp that killed seven.
The lightning insurgent assault final week dealt Assad his greatest blow in years, reigniting a battle that had appeared frozen for years after civil warfare entrance traces stabilised in 2020.
Russia, although targeted on its warfare in Ukraine since 2022, retains an air base in northern Syria. The principle Iran-backed group, Lebanon’s Hezbollah, has been targeted by itself warfare with Israel for the reason that Gaza battle started final 12 months.
America and United Arab Emirates have mentioned the potential for attempting to peel Assad away from Iran by providing to carry sanctions if he cuts off weapons routes to Lebanon’s Hezbollah, sources accustomed to the matter mentioned.
The discussions passed off earlier than the insurgent advance on Aleppo final week, the sources mentioned.
