The lightning assault on Aleppo by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham abruptly redrew the front lines of Syria’s civil war.

By Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) -Syrian rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad said on Friday they had reached the heart of the northern city of Aleppo, after a surprise sweep through government-held towns and nearly a decade after having been forced out of the city.

A monitor of Syria's war said Saturday jihadist rebels now controlled a majority of Aleppo city, reporting Russian air strikes on parts of Syria's second city for the first time since 2016. "Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied