Fall of Aleppo to al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has delivered major blow to the government amid economic crisis caused by mismanagement and sanctions
A poster bearing the image of Syria 's President Bashar al-Assad in the capital Damascus. Photograph: Louai Beshara/AFP via Getty ImagesOn Syria ’s domestic front, the shock fall of Aleppo has delivered a major blow to the government which has failed a second time to defend Syria ’s second-largest city. Syria n jihadis and rebels seized the eastern sector of the city in 2013, but the western sector remained under government control.
The attack coincides with Syria’s economic crisis, which was caused by mismanagement and western sanctions. While President Bashar al-Assad has re-established relations with Arab leaders who shunned him during Syria’s civil war, sanctions have prevented investment in reconstruction.‘I don’t know where I am going’: Manchester police criticised for mass expulsion of Traveller youths on trainsPodcast giant Joe Rogan may have played key role in US elections’s war on Lebanon.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pressed for normalisation with Syria, but Assad has rejected restoring ties until Turkish forces withdraw from Syria. Turkey occupies the northwest Afrin district, has military bases in HTS-ruled northwest Idlib province and controls several border enclaves. During the Aleppo offensive, Turkey’s SNA attacked Syrian Kurdish forces north of Aleppo and in the east.
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