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Expelled from Aleppo as children, these fighters returned as its liberators
Aleppo is situated in northwestern Syria, only 50km south of the Turkish border. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. In the center of the city sits the Citadel of Aleppo, a five-millennium-old fortified palace. Before the establishment of modern Syria in 1944, Aleppo had been one of the most economically flourishing places in the Middle East, having been ruled by Hittites, Assyrians, Arabs, Mongols, Mamelukes, and Ottomans. As part of the Arab Spring, the Syrian civil war broke out in March 2011 against the rule of Ashar al-Assad. While rebel forces were aided by Turkey and the Gulf Cooperation Council states like Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the Assad regime got support from Russia and Iran. The Battle of Aleppo began in 2012 and ended in 2016 when government forces recaptured the entire city. On November 30 this year, Syrian opposition groups captured the government-held city amidst the collapse of pro-government forces, which led to the fall of Assad’s regime only eight days later. How did people live during and after the battle against the government forces? What do those young rebels who fought against the dictator now?
Read the article and learn about the lives and hopes of young rebel fighters in Aleppo, Syria.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/12/22/displaced-youth-liberate-aleppo
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