Thousands of Syrian opposition fighters, led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group, have pushed forward with their offensive in the northwest, moving closer to the city of Aleppo and capturing several key towns and villages in the region,

Syrian insurgents have breached Syria’s second largest city, Aleppo, after blowing up two car bombs and were clashing with government forces on Friday, according to a Syria war monitor and fighters.

Jihadists and their Turkish-backed allies shelled Syria's second city Aleppo on Friday, in a major offensive against government troops that has sparked some of the deadliest fighting the country has seen in years.