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Dec 2024
23m 41s

Syrian Rebels Take Aleppo: Kalam Digest ...

Edgar Mannheimer
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The ripple effects of Israel's wars in the Middle East are spinning out of control. Just last week, the Islamist Syrian rebel group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) retook the city of Aleppo, the second-largest city in Syria. How did they manage to do so, and how does the severe weakening of Hezbollah play into it? Will this spell the end of Bashar al Assad's regime?

In other news we speak about the fragile ceasefire in Lebanon and the on-going killing of Gaza.

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