Aleppo And Its Too Many Conflicts: The Rise and Fall of a Great City and People
Aleppo and the New Regime in Syria When the Bashar al-Assad regime was toppled in Syria, the rebel troops first took over the Syrian city of Aleppo in a surprise attack on the Syrian army. They claimed the city’s control, and in a show of strength, paraded the streets, fully armed. A civil war was simmering on the country's margins for a long time. Russia, Iran, the US, Turkey, and Israel had intervened in Syria's many conflicts at their different stages and moments. This time, Russia bombed Aleppo trying to push back the rebels. The same multiple rebel groups who were driven out of the city by the Syrian army were the ones who have come back now. Bashar al-Assad, the incumbent Syrian President had been fighting the opposition groups for about 30 years continuously, as a civil war raged on and off since 2011. More than half a million people had been killed in this conflict and no respite was in sight. Around 6.8 million Syrians became refugees internally displaced or fleeing ...
