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00:00A shock offensive against Syrian government troops.
00:03On Friday, insurgents breached Syria's second-largest city, Aleppo, after blowing up two car bombs
00:10and clashing with government forces.
00:12This, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K.-based civil war monitor.
00:19The Syrian army said in a statement its forces continue to repel the jihadists and were able
00:24to retake control of certain positions.
00:28Jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and allied factions have been approaching Aleppo for
00:34days.
00:35This is the first opposition attack on the city since 2016, when they were ousted from
00:39Aleppo following a grueling military campaign.
00:43I've been displaced for five years, but thank God I am now fighting to reclaim our land
00:50from the grip of the criminal regime.
00:52We will persevere on this path.
00:56The insurgents are backed by Turkey, which neighbors Syria and supports the rebellion
01:01against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
01:04Syrian government forces are backed by Iran and Russia, and there are reports Assad is
01:09now in Moscow.
01:11The United Nations says more than 14,000 people, nearly half children, have been displaced
01:17by the violence.
01:19And shelters have been constructed in Syria's northwestern Idlib province for people fleeing.
01:26People started leaving, but we stayed until the morning.
01:29As I was preparing breakfast for my children, a plane flew overhead.
01:33As soon as we saw it, we ran into the desert until we could find a car to take us.
01:38They took us to the first village, and then we learned there was a camp here, so we came.
01:43The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the insurgents have taken control of more
01:48than 50 towns and villages in north and northwestern Syria.
01:52It's the biggest advances anti-government factions have made in years.