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Rebel leaders in Syria say they have repelled a promised regime attack on Aleppo and launched a counter-offensive after learning from their mistakes in the heavy defeat at the town of Qusayr.
Syrian state media had announced that 'Operation Northern Storm' would retake Aleppo "within days" after regime forces captured Qusayr at the beginning of June. Opposition figures said thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, along with Iranian advisers, were moved to the country's second city to begin an advance.
However, after tanks north of the city were apparently repelled by rebel forces, there has been no sign of a major offensive. Armed with new anti-tank missiles and, according to one rebel, higher-end weapons from Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the opposition has launched counter-attacks in the north-east and west of the city.
The operation is being called 'The Battle of Qadisiyah', after a 7th-century battle in which the Arabs defeated the Persian empire, in reference to the Iranian advisers helping the Assad regime.
Read more: Rebels keep Assad army out of key city - Independent.ie
Syrian state media had announced that 'Operation Northern Storm' would retake Aleppo "within days" after regime forces captured Qusayr at the beginning of June. Opposition figures said thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, along with Iranian advisers, were moved to the country's second city to begin an advance.
However, after tanks north of the city were apparently repelled by rebel forces, there has been no sign of a major offensive. Armed with new anti-tank missiles and, according to one rebel, higher-end weapons from Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the opposition has launched counter-attacks in the north-east and west of the city.
The operation is being called 'The Battle of Qadisiyah', after a 7th-century battle in which the Arabs defeated the Persian empire, in reference to the Iranian advisers helping the Assad regime.
Read more: Rebels keep Assad army out of key city - Independent.ie
