Rebel forces approached the city during Saturday, which, according to several media, are already in the suburbs of the Syrian capital.
Syrian Interior Minister Muhammad Rahmoun declared in an interview on state television on Saturday that government security forces have created an impenetrable cordon around Damascus.
Rebel forces approached the city during Saturday, which, according to several media, are already in the suburbs of the Syrian capital. TASR informs on the basis of a report by the AFP agency.
“There is a very strong security and military cordon on the far edges of Damascus and the rural areas around it, and no one can break through this defense line that the armed forces are building,” Rahmoun declared.
The country is in chaos
The Syrian army also commented on the situation around the capital. According to the spokesman of the central command of the armed forces and the army, they are strengthening the surroundings of Damascus, especially south of the city, where rebel forces are concentrated. According to the spokesman, the army is also strengthening units around the cities of Homs and Hama, north of Damascus.
Civil war-torn Syria has been in chaos for more than a week after rebels from the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group launched a surprise offensive in the country’s northeast, capturing the second-largest city of Aleppo and the city of Hama. The rebels have already entered the strategic city of Homs. If it falls, the rest of Syria will be cut off from access to the sea and from the Russian naval base near the city of Tartus.
In addition to HTS, other rebel groups also joined the offensive. Kurdish militias are advancing in the east of the country, having captured the city of Dayr az-Zaur on Friday. The US-supported Free Syrian Army is advancing in the southeast. In the east of the country, terrorists from the Islamic State also recorded smaller territorial gains.
