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Rebel groups have launched the largest offensive in years against government forces, capturing the city of Aleppo.
The offensive aims to stop attacks by government forces and their Iran-backed militia allies, a rebel commander said. It is the most serious challenge to President Bashar al-Assad’s government in years.
Government troops loyal to the president have been trying to repel the rebels, rushing reinforcements to the battlefield, launching airstrikes and getting support from Russian fighter jets, the Observatory said on Sunday.
More than 300 combatants and 100 civilians have died in the recent fighting, the monitoring group said. It gathers information from a network of anti-government activists and others across Syria, and its numbers could not be verified independently.
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