Syrian army retreats as rebels storm into Aleppo | DW News

Rebel forces have reignited Syria's long-simmering civil war, with largely Islamist fighters storming into the country's second-largest city. The Syrian army concedes it has lost control of large parts of Aleppo, which it had held for eight years. It's the biggest flareup in years in a civil war that has seen involvement by Russia, Iran, the US, Turkey and Israel.

Chapters:
0:00 Why Syria's civil war seems to have been reignited
2:42 Karim El-Gawhary, Journalist
7:30 Fawaz Gerges, London School of Economics
12:13 Bente Scheller, Heinrich Böll Foundation

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[selurxelpirt]

Assad: "Oh no! Russia, HELP ME!!!"
Putin: "Little busy right now, sorry..."

[terintiaflavius]

One Oppressive government replacing another oppressive government. The citizen always suffering. Humanity is absurd

[nijadbahnam]

Those rebels are different from the 1st round . They are being trained, equipped, and supported by Turkey . My biggest concern is how many of these rebels were Darech affiliates because they were complete unhinged psychopaths .

[Kpot]

So we're calling Jihadists rebels rn?

[troy]

This is the rebels moment, Russia is too busy to help Assad

[fredliperson]

One thug regime replacing another thug regime...

[guizehshalom.stephen]

Why are the most peaceful people in the world fighting against and amongst themselves?

[Lumumba_]

I’m no fan of Bashir but I think he’s better than the religious radical rebels.

[paunsamdingzeliang]

Why do I feel like that's because Hezbollah were weakened and they took advantage and were about to make a surprise hit

[edmundmawlong]

Crazzy when both sides screaming "allah hu akbar" 😂.

[Alexmodernstate]

The dust blowing over Aleppo is the dust of Assad regime but those mercenaries are worse than Assad regime.

[peterandjoycevanbreemen]

These are not "rebels". These are NATO backed off-shoot of Al Qaida, which has trained in Turkiye'.

[MrRobert]

Until recently they were called terrorists, but now they are rebels. 😂🤣

[thebigmon]

Russia: Got their hand tied in Ukraine
Iran: Got their hands tied with Israel.
US: Just elected an isolationist President.
Syrian rebels: "Hey guys, maybe we should attack now!!"

[DrFaust-prvw]

The other side calls them terrorists, we fund them and call them "rebels"

[chaosXPRT]

It seems Assad's army prefers defending his ego in the YT comments! Lmao 😂

[WasntYourFaultYouHaveToLetMeGo]

The only reason Assad lasted for so long was due to Russian help. Now that Putin has it's own problem, Assad is on his own, and will suffer the same fate as Hussein did.

[josezerpa]

“Rebel fighters” is DW’s new euphemism for ISIS

[Elmalorum]

Same jihadists that fought against americans in iraq

[jesusk]

They didn't decide. They were armed and ordered to cause chaos.