Armed confrontations continue in northern Syria for the second day in a row, after a major attack launched by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and Syrian opposition factions, against areas under government control in the western countryside of Aleppo, while Damascus announced that its forces are confronting attacks by "terrorist organizations."

Several reports and activists stated that the attacking factions took control of a number of towns and important military sites, amid the intensification of battles and reaching the outskirts of the city of Aleppo, in an attack that was the largest since March 2020, when Russia and Turkey agreed to a ceasefire that ended years of fighting that caused... Displacement of millions of Syrians opposed to the government.

A group of armed factions announced in a statement on Wednesday the start of the battle to “deter aggression,” in response to what they said was “an escalation of Russian and Syrian strikes during the past weeks against civilian areas in Idlib, and in anticipation of any attacks that might be launched by the Syrian army, which is mobilizing its forces.” "Near the front lines."

According to a report by Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, a military source said that the militants advanced and were approximately 10 kilometers from the city of Aleppo, and a few kilometers from the Shiite towns of Nubl and Al-Zahra, where there is a strong presence of the Iranian-backed Lebanese Hezbollah group. .

Al-Nairab Airport, east of Aleppo, where pro-Iranian factions are also stationed, was also attacked.

Earlier Thursday, Iranian media reported that Iranian Revolutionary Guard General Kiyomars Pourhashemi was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria. The semi-official Tasnim news agency said that Pourhashemi, the “commander of Iranian advisors” in Aleppo, was killed on Thursday. During the attack carried out by Syrian opposition forces west of the governorate.

Numerous reports indicate that Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and its allied factions were able to cut off the international road linking the capital, Damascus, to Aleppo, known as the M5, before they advanced east after controlling a 110-kilometre-long strip, passing through 40 important villages and towns. Strategy.

The Turkish Anatolia Agency reported that the area of ​​​​the area that has been controlled by the Syrian opposition factions since the beginning of the recent battles has reached 250 square kilometers, and it is now 5 kilometers from the city of Aleppo.

In conjunction with the intensification of the battles, a wave of displacement began, estimated at thousands, from the western Aleppo countryside towards the “Euphrates Shield” areas, which are controlled by factions loyal to Turkey, towards Jarabulus and Jarjanaz