{"id":200557,"date":"2024-12-01T00:04:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T00:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-the-syrian-army-struggles-to-stop-the-islamist-insurgents-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2024-12-01T00:04:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T00:04:45","slug":"why-the-syrian-army-struggles-to-stop-the-islamist-insurgents-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-the-syrian-army-struggles-to-stop-the-islamist-insurgents-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Syrian army struggles to stop the Islamist insurgents | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/wcO-zALpmu8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why the Syrian army struggles to stop the Islamist insurgents | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wcO-zALpmu8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The biggest challenge in years to the regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad: Thousands of rebel Islamist fighters have taken over much of the second city, Aleppo, also seizing control of the airport and dozens of towns and villages. Syria and its ally Russia have carried out airstrikes against the rebels. Assad has vowed to defeat the insurgents.<\/p>\n<p>For more on this, we talk to Aaron Zelin, a Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Founder of Jihadology dot net.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Syrian rebels take Aleppo<br \/>\n02:28 Interview with Aaron Zelin<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>#Syria #Assad #HTS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest challenge in years to the regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad: Thousands of rebel Islamist fighters have taken over much of the second city, Aleppo, also seizing control of the airport and dozens of towns and villages. 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