Syrian opposition forces claim to have entered Aleppo city from the western side, according to a statement released on Friday by the newly formed rebel coalition, the Military Operations Command.

Syrian opposition fighters on Friday entered some areas inside Syria's second-largest city of Aleppo for the first time in years, activists and rebels said. "The rebels have entered areas inside the city of Aleppo for the first time since 2016,

A new rebel assault on Syrian regime forces was closing in on the major city of Aleppo, according to rebels and a war monitor. Government warplanes struck rebel territory.