The fighting is a significant escalation since rebels launched a surprise offensive earlier this week, seizing towns and villages as they cut a path toward Syria’s second-largest city.

The Syrian Civil War reignited after four years of docility when a rebel coalition launched a surprise offensive against Syrian government positions.

Syrian insurgents breached the city of Aleppo on Friday, marking the first major attack on the city since 2016. The unexpected offensive, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has displaced thousands of residents and raised concerns over escalating violence in a region already reeling from multiple conflicts.

Syrian insurgents have made significant advances towards Aleppo, the second-largest city, clashing with government troops. The opposition factions, primarily Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, have seized strategic areas in this latest offensive,

Thousands of insurgents continued their advance toward Aleppo city in Syria on Friday, seizing several towns and villages along the way.

Rebel forces have launched a major offensive in north-western Syria, capturing territory from President Bashar al-Assad’s forces for the first time in years. The Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied factions said they had seized control of a number of towns and villages in Aleppo and Idlib provinces since Wednesday.

Syrian rebels have reportedly breached the city of Aleppo itself, according to open source analysts and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, as thousands of insurgent fighters make startling advances in their surprise offensive against President Bashar al-Assad's regime in northwestern Syria.

Syrian armed groups launched a large-scale attack on areas controlled by government forces and seized territory in northwestern Syria, opposition groups said Thursday. The government and its allies responded with airstrikes and shelling to ward off the insurgent advances,

Jihadists and their Turkish-backed allies shelled Syria's second city Aleppo on Friday, in a major offensive against government troops that has sparked some of the deadliest fighting the country has seen in years.