BEIRUT — Syrian insurgents have breached Syria’s second largest city, Aleppo, after blowing up two car bombs and were clashing with government forces on Friday, according to a Syria war monitor and fighters.
Insurgents have been approaching Aleppo city for days and have seized several towns and villages along the way.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, said the insurgents blew up two car bombs at the city’s western edge on Friday.
Smoke rising from the Rashidin district on the outskirts of Aleppo on Nov. 29, 2024. Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images
Syrian insurgents driving in the Zarbah area outside of Aleppo. Photo by RAMI AL SAYED/AFP via Getty Images
Rebel fighters on a Syrian Army tank that was seized. Photo by RAMI AL SAYED/AFP via Getty Images
An insurgent commander issued a recorded message posted on social media calling on the city’s residents to cooperate with the advancing forces.
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