there are 5000000 people living under control of different time to government forces in northern syria northwest in syria and life baz. nothing's changed in the last few years. there's been no infrastructure construction. there is, is there a ident susie? as them that if you like most of the people living that to try and resolve this conflict in that favor. and certainly i think that even in the last few days we've seen also a huge displacement crisis. given the fact that the showing and, and, and the conflict has, as of course introduce a new level of and security. but when it comes to really returning those displaced populations, particularly diaspora communities that have been a way for many years throughout the syrian civil, complex civil war. i think that really there is going to be a lot of energy and excitement into trying to revitalize the infrastructure and create new services, governmental services that will really revitalize a level and, and it's countryside. but i think ultimately it's going to really depend on whether opposition forces are able to maintain the gains that they've mad

syria site. that caption the of the military airport in the northwest and province of live. it's one of the largest airports in the region. and one of the most prominent advices in syria, early of fines, is advanced into a live posts and he sent a, it's the 1st time of entered the country, 2nd largest city. since government forces recap, shoot it in 2016. the military had earlier say that repelled a major offensive for the fighters, claimed to have taken a number of towns and villages and lip of and it lived provinces. that depends on how all that had done. i'm in that of the 8 years of being displaced by the doing of the a sub family and as criminal machine.

the government forces in northwest syria laws that vegas defensive. again, the fighting is the most intensive since the highest of all, almost a decade ago. so why has the violence flared up again and why now could it escalate? that is inside the .

in the of the sizing is the biggest defensive in syria is northwest in provinces. in several years, it's been concentrated in and around the provinces of a low, and it's a simple song that has more from the toki city of high tide, near the syrian border. on the 3rd day of the operation, the terms of era guns, the serial position factions left by the h. d. s, and joined by the infections within the syrian national army, formerly known and known as the f, a se, and more than 6, the villages have been at taken back, reclaimed from the syrian government, according to the syrian o position. they have also entered this i left, posted to center, as they have announced early fried that, that the, the west and countryside of a level was now under the consult the soon, you know, position faction by this a opperation called the turns of aggression in stew, real to look, relocate, the civilians who were operated 4 years ago because of the russian and searing a strikes in the countryside to a level. now they claim that they have taken control of the some of the parts of the nei

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or h t s a militant group which controls much of northwest and syria. the i t s is led by, i'll tell you this form of syria branch. it consists of multiple different insertion groups, some with cell the 1st and jihad just audiology. many reject the influence of foreign forces, such as turkey, russia, all the united states, but others approve. it's a complicated coalition, but what does unify them is their opposition to syria liter busha assad? government them and this has been displaced for 5 years. but thank god i'm now fighting to reclaim on land from the grid to the criminal regime. we will persevere on this policy and called on young people to join us in the struggle to take back our country. i don't show a lot of agenda that since 2020 the h t and signed up a rebel groups have been mostly biased and the blood province. the area was subject to a turkey and rush, it broke a truce. but outside of it live, there are large parts of syria, still controlled by rebels, opposed to assets, government, including along the border with the rock. us back to curt

it has become the strongest opposition group in northwest in syria, controlling much of a live province near the turkish border. so h t s joshua land is it is not allied with turkey on lives. the syria national law may, which is backed by turkey and his internationally recognized here in opposition. right. but to what extent ave communicating and coordinating with outside power is which of fact uh the opposition against the side where she as well as jo, danny, to be the leader of all right, the head of your sham h t. s. is allied with turkey. not as closely as the militias and north a level, but the depends for all of his arms, much of his food resources, and electricity and so forth. from turkey. without turkey, he would not be able to do this. but he has been a shown a, a strong streak of independence. and he has gotten rid of the, you know, kind of elements that really turned much of the west against him and turkey against him. so, he's been extraordinarily resourceful. he's established the state and it lived that many people who visited say, is uh, has some real institutions and is

the listening pace because the media on al jazeera, on think government falls in northwest syria, launch that biggest defensive again. the fighting is the most intensive since the highest of all, almost a decade ago. so why has the violence flared up again and why now could it escalate that is inside the hello welcome.

just three days after launching a surprise offensive from their stronghold in northwest syria.t serious challenge to president assad in years. a carefully planned attack, they stormed back into aleppo for the first time since assad's army forced them out at the height of the war. this time meeting almost no resistance. alhamdulillah. translation: after hard work and patience from the fighters, the city of aleppo has been completely liberated. thank god, and by god's will, we will reach horns and damascus too. this is a joint force of rebel groups led by the islamist hayat tahrir al—sham, or hts. it used to be linked to al qaeda but cut ties from the group years ago. bts is listed as a terrorist organisation by the us and others. it controls most of the northwestern province of idlib, the last remaining opposition stronghold after more than a decade of civil war. that war began in 2011, triggered by popular protests against assad's rule. russia intervened in 2015, turning the tide against the advancing rebels. the battle for aleppo in 2016 was a crucial point. syrian and russian

s a militant group which controls much of northwest and syria. the i t s is led by, i'll tell you this form of syria branch. it consists of multiple different insertion groups, some with cell the 1st and jihad just audiology. these many reject the influence of foreign forces, such as turkey, russia, all the united states, but others approved. it's a complicated coalition, but what does unify them is their opposition to syrian liter busha? assad government has been displaced for 5 years. but thank god i'm now fighting to reclaim on land from the grid to the criminal regime. we will persevere on this policy and called on young people to join us in the struggle to take back our country. i don't show a lot of agenda. since 2020 the h t. the signs of the rebel groups have been mostly biased and the blood province. the area was subject to a turkey and rush. it broke a truce. but outside of it live, there are large pots of syria still controlled by rebels. opposed to assets government, including along the border with the rock you aspect. curtis forces m

uh exacting a price on syrian civilians in northwest syria that which has takes care of and sort of oversees. and that's their way of trying to get us to stop by, by making it hurt at home but many of the people that live in north, in northwest syria, in idlib, are actually displaced from aleppo. so they support the aleppo offensive because they've been sitting there for eight years waiting to go home. they've been unable to do so. and that's been one of the main motivators for hts to recruit people and to get them to go eastward and to attack, uh, and attack aleppo and to take many of these territories, at least. so far back. >> beth, you heard andrew there mention hts. that's hayat tahrir al-sham, one of one of the groups part of this mosaic that has attacked aleppo. that group formally linked to al qaeda. beth, if you would, could you please break down the web of players, the different groups that we're seeing here and their respective goals right? >> i mean this is syria is one of those places that is just so complicated that, you know, anyone looking at this just wants to throw up their

syria. well, position scientists are expanding them into trail preparations. they say they're advancing towards the northwest and city of hama, officer taking control of alaska. how about is syria's full flaw, just city, serial position. find is it or faulty to have taken control of several villages and towns and then old. and i'm a countryside as they advance 5 is the types can be seen on the street. the town is more significant. busy has more from high tide, and they took his border with syria. and a surprising move on saturday. they all positions sections locked by the h d. s a itself, or else some are addressing towards hama after they took control of the city of elect people. and it's a country size also the position sections to control of many other places in it live. and they announced that they have full control of the province along with important a ports like a full, a force in northwest syria. and where is a report and it's an alaska no one was expecting that the opposition would advance on the ground so quickly and again, so many territories, but given the witness of the syrian army and the level

a militant group which controls much of northwest and syria. the i t. s is led by, i'll tell you this form of syria branch. it consists of multiple different insertion groups, some with cell the 1st and jihad just audiology. many reject the influence of foreign forces, such as turkey, russia, all the united states, but others approve. it's a complicated coalition, but what does unify them is their opposition to syrian liter busha, assad government them and this has been displaced for 5 years. but thank god, i'm now fighting to reclaim on land from the grid to the criminal regime. we will persevere on this policy and called on young people to join us in the struggle to take back our country. i don't show a lot of agenda that since 2020 the h t and signed up a rebel groups have been mostly biased and the blood province. the area was subject to a turkey and rush, it broke a truce, but outside of it live, there are large pots of syria still controlled by rebels, opposed to assets, government, including along the border with the rock. you aspect. curtis forc

they have full control of the province along with important a ports like a default, a port in northwest syria. and where is a report and it's an alaska? no one was expecting that the opposition would advance on the ground so quickly. and again, so made the territories but given the weakness of the syrian army and the lack of russian assistance and other part of military factions to affections and find that they are trying to benefit from this. on the other hand, diplomacy is under way to support administered how come for them. it help phone conversations with his russian country and lebanese counterparts. and it, what we are hearing from inside syria is that turkish backed us and they factions, pre syrian army factions, are advancing towards tell her thoughts and to liberate the city. as they say from the syrian curtis groups. how things are going to develop on the ground is full of surprises, as villages and towns are changing, hands by the hour. see now because sol houses here outside on the 2 kids syria border. let's look at who controls want in syria. the syrian government forces backed b

i mean for the most part they primarily rely upon their own governance locally within northwest syria via text ation. as well as commerce. of course, there's cross border trade with turkey because it's on the turkish border. but unlike you know, other rebel groups in series such as the syrian national army, which is backed by turkey, h, she has, has been mainly independent and declared. uh, so they pot still seems to be gaining ground taking grounds. we've seen even some reports about classes in the capital of damascus. and ken the rebels, realistically, gain control are the major areas in the country. well, we've already seen them take a level as well as how my city, which is unprecedented. we didn't even take this when, when the rebels took a lot of areas a decade ago. so we're seeing has never happened before in the history of the steering conflict over the last 14 years. however, now they're starting to get into sort of the chord territories of words. there seems strong hold is on the coastal regions and we'll talk in our two's uh, parts of homes that are from a, as well as damasc

s a militant group which controls much of northwest and syria. the i t. s is led by, i'll tell you this form of syria branch. it consists of multiple different and searching groups, some with the seller 1st and jihad is spelled yellow, geez, maybe reject the influence of foreign forces, such as turkey, russia or the united states. but others approved. it's a complicated coalition, but what does unify them is their opposition to syria liter busha assad? government has been displaced for 5 years. but thank god, i'm not fighting to reclaim on land from the great the criminal regime. we will persevere on this policy and call on young people to join us in the struggle to take back our country as long as i don't own shallow. since 2020 the h t n. signs of a ripple groups have been mostly paced and the blood province area was subject to a turkey and rush. it broke a truce, but outside of it lived, there were large pots of syria still controlled by rebels. opposed to assets government, including along the border with the rock. us spect curtis forces maintain larg

i wouldn't expect them to try to push beyond northwest syria, their content to kind of contain control of it. live aleppo, keep in mind there's about 5000000 people there under their control. an h t s has actually made quite a push to provide services to try to win the hearts and minds of the population here. so i think the they have their hands full it and governing the current territory. i wouldn't expect it to push much, much more beyond northwestern syria at the moment. of course, the turks are going to look to capitalize on this by supporting various rebel factions and pass rebel sections in the northwest. yes and a and other lesser known groups. the united states for its part again, diplomatically has its hands full a probably has its bandwidth stretch. and we're also in this popular transition phase from a, by the administration to a trump administration. and i think a lot of countries around the world, lot of, you know, non state actors see that window as an opportunity to kind of fill power vacuums and try to push a fait accompli in certain areas. so we'll have to wait to see

action upfront sets the stage for serious debate on out jersey are on sync up with forces in northwest syria. launch that biggest defensive again. the fine thing is the most intensive since the highest of all, almost a decade ago. so why has the violence flared up again and why now? could it escalate? that is inside the hello welcome.

ringback of this military airport, it means no more a strikes targeting the civilian areas in northwest in syria. and of course it has been a very vital point for both position and the syrian government since the civil war started. 1011, they were in government had to take breakfast airport from the former mistrust. turns h d. s a in a round in 2015. and also we are seeing reports that's quite as a report, and it's an a level has been a under control taken under control by the if i say that is syria national, i know position factions as well. this is also a very strategic airport for everyone. again, as a, in these a pause, so serve as a base for logistics and security and everything as a parent of the opposition of trying to the lifelines of the syrian government. and this is capturing. okay, thanks so much. send a medicine them co sally from the a took issue syrian border the if it has been $422.00 days since it's wrong launched as devastating bore on gaza. kelly more than 44000 palestinians, most of them women and children, as forces have destroyed much of the strip, depriving people of the b

violet, a humanitarian organisation dedicated to providing critical relief to communities in northwest syria the city this morning. the rebels are controlling most of aleppo city and why the team joined because many attacks happened this morning, russian and syrian aircraft, there were emergencies and first responders teams and they were in aleppo to help people. also, they are trying to provide the most emergency needed. the food, the water, and the bread for the people who are stuck for the people who are stuck for three days without getting out of houses, without getting any kind of help. and now we are in a very sensitive time, to work together as humanitarian teams, to help those millions of people in the city of aleppo and also the people who are moving around the city. people who are moving around the ci . , , ., the city. help us to understand, - the city. help us to understand, what l the city. help us to | understand, what is the city. help us to - understand, what is your understanding, when the residents of the aleppo, they are in an incredibly difficult position especially now,

moving developments in syria will position sizes size of now cap should the of the military airport in the northwest in provence of ed live early of funds is advanced into la pablo city center. it is the 1st time the veins of the country, 2nd largest city, since government forces recaptured it in 2016. honda civic begins coverage as the opposition sliders in syria continued their advance this time at a military airport and it lip. this is the level of the food air base. one of the main base is used by syrian forces. and now it's been seized by hey, at the honey to ship. just a day earlier celebrations in the heart of a level opposition fighters have now reached the northern syrian city for the 1st time in nearly a decade. when they were forced out by government forces the flight or say this was a long awaited return. that means that it was done on the net of to 8 years and being displaced by the doing of the sub family and his criminal machine. today we returned to a level by the will of god. we return to our country. i am a son of 11 and i was displaced from it 8 years ago. along the way, the fight

it's become of the strongest opposition, goofy northwest, and syria controlling much of a la province near the package. border hiring h t s is cool. it's not i live with turkey, unlike the josh to be recognized opposition, right. which is backed by to a key as we know. but to what extent do you think they're actually communicating and coordinating with outside powers that are backed up the opposition in syria previously against the side where she but i think it's fair to call them allied with drug actually. i think there's, there's certainly a relationship there. a turkey has been backing them in various ways of protecting them from, from, as forcing the russians on the radians in past years. they're not, you know, a turkish control group or they don't, they don't, they don't have a same level of proximity to turkey as many of the other groups that they work with in syria, many of the smaller routers. but they are certainly, uh, very close to turkey. and i, you know, i would assume that there has been some level of coordination with turkey before this offensive began. it doesn't neces

they have full control of the province along with imports and a ports like a full, a port in northwest syria and quarter said port and it's and i left so no one was expecting that the opposition would advance on the ground so quickly and again, so made the territories but given the weakness of the syrian army and the lack of russian assistance and other part of military factions. jeff factions, if i say they are trying to benefit from this, on the other hand, diplomacy is under way to, to support administered how confident it help phone conversations with his russian country and lebanese counterparts. and it, what we are hearing from inside syria is that turkish fact assembly factions, pretty serious reflections, are advancing towards tell her thoughts and to liberate the city. as they say from the syrian curtis groups. how things are going to develop on the ground is full of surprises. as villages and towns are changing, hands by the hour. see now because sold houses 0 hotel on the to case syria border . as the rapid advance by syria and sizes has been described as the biggest challenge, th

the fighting is the biggest defensive in syria is northwest and provinces. in several years. it's been concentrated in and around the alaska ended live civil costs, all know has moved from the 2 of you since you've had time the syrian border after using full control of watson calling for side of all left. and on the 3rd day of the operation, all the details of aggression, the syrian government announced that they are repelling against the off position. and as a congress fried they, it, they targets it is the fitness center with errors for our schools and civilian has some circles have accused the syrian government for the week on the ground. and by the way, i see reports that some she applied to years are it is to be deployed to give support to the syrian or up army coming from iraq and southern left on, on, on the other hand, told her father is an important point right now because we are hearing reports that the russians have, have a pulls out from their bases and tell her to fight it as of thursday nights and turkish foreign ministers. folks, 1st and finally posted on socia

the fighting is the biggest defensive in syria is northwest and provinces. in several years. it's been concentrated in and around the cities of alive hope and it live, send them costs all lives in the took the city of high tide near the city and bought a joins us from the now. so 1st of all, just how close are opposition fights is to a left to right now as well. so may, according to the statements coming from the common room of this operation, conducted by the opposition factions that are inside the city center of all that bull. earlier today we were hearing that they have a fully taken control of west and countryside of a level, and they were very close, like 23 kilometers to the city center. and then we heard them that the saying that they are inside the city center. and we have been seeing pictures videos circulating on social media showing that they have taken control of some of the important neighborhoods in the city center of all apple, including the area where the universe is, where some a some is residential compounds that hosts like thousands of houses or apartments,

sayed issa, the founder of violet, a humantarian organization providing relief to communities in northwest syriathe many like conflicts stopped in aleppo and the rebels, i mean get acted to control all of aleppo city or the most parts of aleppo city. and why the team joined because many attacks happened in this morning on the city from russian and syrian aircraft. and our emergencies and first responders team were in aleppo to help the people, as also they are trying to provide the most emergency and needed staffs as like the food, the water and the bread for the people who were stuck for three days without getting out of houses, without getting any kind of help. and now we're now in a very like sensitive time to work together as a humanitarian teams to help those millions of people in the city of aleppo, and also the people who's moving around the city. help us to understand what's your understanding when the residents of aleppo, obviously they're in an incredibly difficult position, especially now, but with these rebels, are they happy to see them come to aleppo? there is like i mean, two part

syria rebels behind the attack in a level a good evening h 2. so one of the big sections controlling labor, which is the last rebel, held a preference in the northeast northwest of syria. and they were the strongest good . they are supported by turkey, but i think of this offensive turkey does not have the leading bo took is just not interfering. and lets these levels go. and many of them actually are from the villages around a left for so for them it is return. they come home from displacement. so to say now um the group seems to be advancing without much ground resistance. will they stop in a level it looks like they're moving beyond? what's the plan? what have they said and articulated from what i see them being down south towards the province of ha, and which would be another big city in sierra. and that is of course, quite interesting because you have different sections controlling most on syria. and if you look at a left to those who are controlling the city or who, who came into the city, i mainly h t s is one of his rebels that there is the international airport that is under control of the kurdish forces that are mainly in serious north east. so that

northwest and province of ed live. it's one of the most prominent advices in syria . early as far as advanced into a live host city center. a. we're going to bring in, i'm just there was correspondent russell. so the a now who's we're supposed to reported extensively on syria as well as many of it snipers. first of all can just put what has happened over the last few days into context. just how significant the guidance that these all position fighters have made and how much of a surprises is i will call it quite a story because these extension of the control of the ceiling will position has never happened throughout. at becky long seeking a civil war. in the peak of the city and civil war in 2015 in 2014, even a position back then has never been able to take the full control of the west and south west and part of the city. now it's under the control of the position. however, for now we're shooting is see that the can city has directly and slowly. i mean, fall into the hands of the position or a she asked which is for monday i misread and formerly known as outside the

also bear in mind the united states has a presence in northwest syria going after the islamic state. turkey has a presence going after the various forms of the kurds. so this really is a very, very complicated effort right now. and syria has found itself in the middle of this fight with no real strong allies to lean on and that's what you're seeing right now. >> let's talk about gaza now three world central kitchen employees killed in a strike by israeli forces. israel says that they were targeting a terrorist involved in the october 7th attack. um this comes eight months after there were seven world central kitchen employees killed in an idf attack. should we expect that the idf would have been better at identifying the difference eight months on after since that tragedy? explain what's happening here. if at this point you can yeah, it's very complicated in that, you know target identification is incredibly difficult in situations like this. >> we've seen that laid out over the course of the past year. and a half with the fighting in gaza. um, world central kitchen has a magnificent

nations is calling for an immediate, the escalation, and an end to the most intense fighting northwest and syria has seen indeed that our house is a senior analyst for syria at the international crisis group. good to feed and are now the government seems to have been taken by surprise by this revel offensive. did you see it coming? um, yes, we actually, it was a bit unanticipated, this offensive, even, even the even government forces, as well as rashaw. we're. we're conducting preemptive talks, uh the last several months to try to prevent this uh, this offensive. what the cost by surprise is that the success and how quickly revo groups managed to gain control of lands uh villages and which i look for city . what do you think is behind that? why were they so successful in their advance? um, i would say there's a, there's a couple of reasons. the false, the government forces what explain the weak in defending the outs. cards of offer they pulled, they quickly routed. they did not hold much of the defense and keep in mind of i'm interested. religious were taking over at a more than a date and the l

aggression capture and thousands of townsend villages, from preston for charlotte, south control in northwest and syria. the lead my head to here also, and it's a large sections, opposition forces have broken through the fence lines, opening the way for civilians displaced by government and russian air strikes to return to their homes. or something that we've been living in tents for, for years in, during depression and injustice. we hope for the best of future and pray for the return of a safe and prosper syria. we want all of syria back for you from terrorism, foreign forces and the said regime of the ship. the escalation came after syrian government and russian attacks on opposition health areas and it lip resulting and significant casualties. a at tuff we are all shop and it's large, capitalized on strategic gaps left by pro government militias. such as has the reason for to address regional conflict. this is just really a reflection of how divided syria is right now. uh, the solder team controls roughly 60 percent of the country, but you've got the, as rarely is conducting airstrikes with impunity

nations is calling for an immediate, the escalation, and an end to the most intense fighting northwest. and syria has seen in view and we can now speak to fall was yours. yes, he is professor of middle eastern politics and international relations at the london school of economics and joins is from is temple this morning. welcome to the w. um, what are the rebel groups hoping to achieve in the city of a level? well they want to, i mean the over arching aim is to destroy the said region. we have reports that they have and to edit though i look for is the 2nd largest. c city in a city is the cultural capital of syria. it wasn't economic powerhouse, it's captcha by the so you and government in 2016 was a turning point in the war and the se in will. and the question is, well, it's captcha when and if the rebels capture alco, would it really be a decisive moment as the size of, as the 2016 moment for the arrival of this time? and just how well equipped are these rebel forces? do they have what it takes to actually hold their positions in the city of a level? you know, this is a very important question.