Robert Geist Pinfold, from Durham University, talks about what and how new elements of the Syrian conflict are emerging after opposition forces took the city of Aleppo. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Syria #SyriaConflict #SyriaWar #HayatTahrirAlSham #Aleppo #Idlib #TalRifaat #Hama #SyrianArmy #BasharAlAssad #SyrianFighters #RussianForcesInSyria #Turkiye #Iran #UnitedStates #AlJazeeraEnglish
Joshua Landis of the University of Oklahoma talks about why Syrian government forces were quickly overrun in Aleppo and how president Al-Assad may seek assistance. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Syria #SyriaConflict #SyriaWar #HayatTahrirAlSham #Aleppo #Idlib #Hama #SyrianArmy #BasharAlAssad #SyrianFighters #Turkiye #AlJazeeraEnglish
Caroline Rose of the New Lines Institute talks about how a Trump administration may react to an intensified war in Syria. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #UnitedStates #DonaldTrump #Syria #SyriaConflict #SyriaWar #BasharAlAssad #SyrianOppositiopn #AlJazeeraEnglish
There’ve been intense battles between Syrian government forces and fighters in the northwestern provinces of Aleppo and Idlib. At least 132 fighters and soldiers have been killed – after the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham armed group launched an attack. It says it’s captured several villages and a military base. Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut reports. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #SyriaConflict #SyriaWar #HayatTahriralSham #Aleppo #Idlib #SyrianArmy #BasharAlAssad #SyrianFighters #AlJazeeraEnglish
At least 120 people have been killed in ongoing battles between US-backed, Kurdish-led forces and ISIL (ISIS) fighters after an attack on a Syrian prison. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said “at least 77 IS members and 39 Kurdish fighters, including internal security forces, prison guards and counter-terrorism forces have been killed” in the attack that started on Thursday. ISIL claimed responsibility for the prison break on its Amaq media mouthpiece on Friday. A video it released on Saturday purported to show armed men infiltrating the prison and raising the group’s black flag as they stormed the Kurdish-run Ghwayran jail in Hasakeh city. Al Jazeera could not independently […]
Fighting raged for a third day on Saturday between ISIL (ISIS) and Kurdish forces in Syria after attackers stormed a prison housing members of the armed group in violence that has killed more than 70 people so far. The assault on the Ghwayran prison in the northern city of Hasakeh is one of ISIL’s most significant since its “caliphate” was declared defeated in Syria nearly three years ago. Al Jazeera’s Paul Chaderjian reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Syria #ISIS #Hasakeh
An Israeli air raid has struck Syria’s Mediterranean port of Latakia for the second time this month, causing “significant material damage”, according to Syrian state media. “At around 3:21am (05:21 GMT), the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial aggression with several missiles from the direction of the Mediterranean … targeting the container yard in Latakia port,” SANA state news agency cited a military source as saying on Tuesday. Live footage aired by state television showed flames and smoke in the container terminal. Later on Tuesday, the Syrian government’s media office said emergency services brought under control fires that had broken out in the port’s container storage area. Al Jazeera’s Mohammed […]