Syrian government troops launch offensive against rebels in the country's northwest
by Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times
May 06, 2019
2 minutes
AMMAN, Jordan - Syrian troops stormed rebel-held areas of the country's northwest Monday, state media, monitors and activists said, marking the government's latest bid to reassert control over the opposition's last major territory.
The ground incursion came in the wake of a fierce weeklong air campaign, with Syrian and Russian warplanes executing dozens of daily strikes
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