Al-Qaeda Affiliate Seizes Control of Aleppo Airport, Threatening Syrian City’s Fall
Aleppo, Syria: The Syrian city of Aleppo is facing a potential catastrophe as an al-Qaeda affiliate, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, has launched a shocking offensive, seizing control of the city’s airport and pushing towards the city center.
"Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the new name of the bloody al-Qaeda group under the leadership of Abu Muhammad al-Julani, who rules the province of Idlib in northern Syria, launched a major attack on Aleppo last Wednesday…."
This sudden military advance, attributed in part to intelligence from the United States and Israel by some observers, has caught government forces off guard and raised concerns that the city – already ravaged by years of conflict – could once again descend into chaos.
The attack follows a fragile peace agreement in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah, casting a shadow of fear across the Middle East and prompting warnings of further regional instability.
Analysts suggest that the al-Qaeda affiliate’s motivations for seizing Aleppo are multifaceted. Besides establishing a stronghold in the strategically vital city, experts believe al-Julani’s group seeks to impose Sharia law on the populace – a population already struggling to recover from years of conflict, economic sanctions, and the ongoing Syrian civil war.
"The aim of the al-Qaeda group, which the Western media brand as "rebels", but which belongs to the same line as the attackers of Bin Laden and the Twin Towers, would be the conquest of the border and the introduction of Sharia law to be a people who have not yet recovered from the conflict in the second decade, and who are in trouble as a result of the economic blockade imposed by the United States on the government," reads an account from a source familiar with the region.
Adding to the dire situation, reports indicate that al-Julani may be looking beyond Aleppo.
"Al-Julani could also target Iraq, again using Israeli and US intelligence, as well as their satellite data."
Reports of Russian airstrikes targeting al-Qaeda forces are emerging, but it remains unclear if they will be enough to stem the tide of the advance. The city’s Kurdish defenders, allied with the YPG and the SDF, are battling alongside the Syrian government, desperately trying to prevent the city’s fall.
With tensions escalating and the humanitarian crisis deepening, the global community watches anxiously, wondering if Aleppo will succumb to the forces of extremism once more.
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