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What is happening in Syria?

The Syrian military has rushed in reinforcements to push back insurgents after rebels seized Aleppo in a surprise offensive. Insurgents led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a former al-Qaeda splinter group, have taken over most of Aleppo and claim to have entered the city of Hama, in an offensive that leaves President Assad’s precarious hold over the country hanging in the balance. The shock assault on the country’s second-largest city comes 13 years after Assad’s forces opened fire on peaceful pro-democracy protesters, starting a civil war that has killed an estimated 500,000 people. Islamist rebel forces have since made significant territorial gains in the northwest of the country, upending an uneasy stalemate. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_... Find us on Facebook:   / timesandsundaytimes   Find us on Twitter:   / thetimes   Find us on Instagram:   / thetimes