DEBKAfile’s military sources report exclusively that the Syrian army has launched its Aleppo offensive with operations Monday for dislodging rebels from around the big Managh air base. Assad’s army is calling the operation for recovering Aleppo and Idlib “Northern Storm.” Hizballah units are being kept out of the early stage of the fighting as a strategic reserve.





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