Who are the key players fighting in Syria?

Syria's President, Bashar al-Assad, has blamed the United States and other Western countries for a rebel offensive in the city of Aleppo that has reignited the civil war. We explain who the key players are with the help of our colleagues from BBC Monitoring, BBC Russian, BBC Turkish and BBC Persian.

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Presenter: Mark Lowen.

(Photo: Syrian rebels take control of military and civilian airports in Aleppo, Syria - 02 Dec 2024. Credit: BILAL AL HAMMOUD/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)