Jihadists and their allies cut a major highway linking the main cities of Damascus and Aleppo on Thursday after launching an offensive against government forces in Syria’s northwest, a war monitor said. « Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied factions cut off the Damascus-Aleppo international M5 highway… in addition to controlling the junction between the M4 and M5 highways, » said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. FRANCE 24 terrorism expert, Wassim Nasr tells us more.
