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A Syrian opposition rebel during a military offensive against Syrian government forces in the western Aleppo countryside. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and other Syrian opposition factions began a military operation against the Syrian government forces in the western countryside of Aleppo and the eastern countryside of Idlib on Wednesday. During the operation, which is taking place amid an intensification of violence in the area, HTS and its allies have claimed that they have seized more than 40 villages which were under Damascus's control since 2020