"Fighters from the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) began the attack earlier this week from their base in the Idlib countryside, a slim strip of land in Syria's north-west that formed a base of rebel-held territory."
"No one anticipated how fast the rebels would reach towards the edge of Aleppo, said Dareen Khalifa, of the International Crisis Group. She added that it remained unclear whether the rebel forces would be able to hold the swath of territory they have captured..."
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