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World / 1 December 2024
Russia carried out air strikes in Syria as Assad government mobilises against rebels
Vehicles burn after an airstrike against opposition fighters in Aleppo, Syria, late November 29, 2024
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RUSSIA carried out a series of air strikes in Syria today as Islamist insurgents continued to push into territory further south.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that rural parts of Idlib and Hama had been hit by the strikes.

The Syrian military has rushed reinforcements to the north-west to push back jihadists who have seized Aleppo in their first offensive in years.

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