This is how the Syrian rebels managed to break a years-long deadlock in their fight against the Assad regime.
after insurgents burst out of a rebel-held enclave and converged on the capital, Damascus, taking city after city in a matter of days.
And there the conflict remained, largely frozen, for years until late November. Here's a look at a seismic two weeks for the Middle East.Armed opposition groups launch a large-scale attack on areas controlled by government forces in northwestern Syria and claim to have wrested control of over 15 villages from government forces in northwestern Aleppo province. The government and its allies respond with airstrikes and shelling in an attempt to halt the insurgent advances.
The insurgents push south, advancing to within 10km of Hama, the country's fourth-largest city and a key crossroads in central Syria, about 200km north of Damascus. About 40km south of Hama, Homs is the gateway to Damascus and the location of one of Syria's two state-owned oil refineries.
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