Battles between the rebels and the Syrian government forces flared in northwestern Syria on Wednesday amid shelling and airstrikes, a war monitor group reported. The battles escalated when the rebels of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the umbrella group of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, launched counter-offensives to retrieve what they had lost in battles with … Continue reading Battles flare in N. Syria amid airstrikes, shelling