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Four Killed in Syria in Attack on Aleppo University Dorms

19 November 2024, Syria, Al-Nayrab: A picture made available on 21 November 2024 shows Ismail Al-Riya standing with his friends to display the First Person View (FPV) drones they were able to shoot down and dismantle. Photo: Anas Alkharboutli/dpa
19 November 2024, Syria, Al-Nayrab: A picture made available on 21 November 2024 shows Ismail Al-Riya standing with his friends to display the First Person View (FPV) drones they were able to shoot down and dismantle. Photo: Anas Alkharboutli/dpa
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Four Killed in Syria in Attack on Aleppo University Dorms

19 November 2024, Syria, Al-Nayrab: A picture made available on 21 November 2024 shows Ismail Al-Riya standing with his friends to display the First Person View (FPV) drones they were able to shoot down and dismantle. Photo: Anas Alkharboutli/dpa
19 November 2024, Syria, Al-Nayrab: A picture made available on 21 November 2024 shows Ismail Al-Riya standing with his friends to display the First Person View (FPV) drones they were able to shoot down and dismantle. Photo: Anas Alkharboutli/dpa

Four civilians including two students were killed on Friday in the Syrian city of Aleppo in insurgent shelling of university student dormitories, the state news agency SANA reported.
Opposition led by the extremist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham launched an incursion on Wednesday into a dozen towns and villages in the northwestern province of Aleppo, which is controlled by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government forces.
The next day, Russian and Syrian warplanes bombed opposition-held northwest Syria near the border with Türkiye to try to push back an insurgent offensive that had captured territory for the first time in years, Syrian army and opposition sources said.
The attack was the biggest since March 2020 when Russia, which backs Assad, and Türkiye, which supports the opposition, agreed to a ceasefire to end years of fighting that had uprooted millions of Syrians opposed to Assad's rule.

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Kremlin Says It Wants Syria to Swiftly Restore Order after Opposition Attack

Fighters take over the district of Khan al-Assal following fierce fighting between Syrian government forces and opposition forces along with their Turkish-backed allies in the northern Syrian Aleppo province, on November 29, 2024. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP)
Fighters take over the district of Khan al-Assal following fierce fighting between Syrian government forces and opposition forces along with their Turkish-backed allies in the northern Syrian Aleppo province, on November 29, 2024. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP)
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Kremlin Says It Wants Syria to Swiftly Restore Order after Opposition Attack

Fighters take over the district of Khan al-Assal following fierce fighting between Syrian government forces and opposition forces along with their Turkish-backed allies in the northern Syrian Aleppo province, on November 29, 2024. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP)
Fighters take over the district of Khan al-Assal following fierce fighting between Syrian government forces and opposition forces along with their Turkish-backed allies in the northern Syrian Aleppo province, on November 29, 2024. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP)

The Kremlin said on Friday it wanted the Syrian government to restore constitutional order in the Aleppo region as soon as possible after an insurgent offensive there that captured territory for the first time in years.
Russia, a staunch ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, intervened militarily on Assad's side against insurgents in 2015 in its biggest foray in the Middle East since the Soviet Union's collapse, and maintains an airbase and naval facility in Syria.
Opposition led Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group launched an incursion on Wednesday into a dozen towns and villages in the northwestern province of Aleppo, which is controlled by Assad's forces.
It was the first such territorial advance since March 2020 when Russia and Türkiye, which supports the opposition, agreed to a ceasefire that led to the halting of military action in Syria's last major opposition stronghold in the northwest.
Russian and Syrian warplanes bombed an opposition-held area near the border with Türkiye on Thursday to try to push back the insurgents, Syrian army and opposition sources said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow regarded the attack as a violation of Syria's sovereignty and wanted the authorities to act fast to regain control.
"As for the situation around Aleppo, it is an attack on Syrian sovereignty and we are in favor of the Syrian authorities bringing order to the area and restoring constitutional order as soon as possible," said Peskov.
Asked about unconfirmed Russian Telegram reports that Assad had flown into Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Peskov said he had "nothing to say" on the matter.