A war monitor and the rebels said the opposition fighters breached three neighborhoods in Aleppo. The government launched intense airstrikes on rebel territory.

Syrian opposition fighters on Friday entered some areas inside Syria's second-largest city of Aleppo for the first time in years, activists and rebels said. "The rebels have entered areas inside the city of Aleppo for the first time since 2016,

Syrian armed rebels have entered Aleppo just three days into their surprise offensive, marking the first time they have set foot in the country’s second largest city since government forces recaptured the city in 2016.