Tens of thousands flee Russian-led onslaught on opposition enclave
AMMAN - Ten of thousands of people have fled to Syria’s border with Turkey in the last few days as the Syrian army advanced further into the opposition’s last major stronghold, residents, rights groups and opposition sources said on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Russian and Syrian jets intensified their bombing of scattered villages and towns around Maarat al-Numan, with the al-Rahma hospital in the area struck, residents said. Capturing Khan Sheikhoun would be an important gain for Moscow and its ally into the northwestern region, where Moscow has helped President Bashar al Assad turn the tide against insurgents in the eight year conflict since stepping up its intervention in 2015.
The fall of Khan Sheikhoun ends rebel control over neighboring northern Hama province, where a leading rebel group, Jaish al-Izza, had been until now defending the three major towns of Latamneh, Kfr Zita and Morek. The Turkish presence in northwestern Syria and extensive covert military aid it has extended to some Ankara-backed rebel factions had complicated the campaign to seize the last rebel bastion, both Syrian military experts and rebels say.
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