Inside Syria’s tunnel system used to topple Assad

The Guardian’s Middle East correspondent, Bethan McKernan follows HTS-allied fighter, Abu Obeida, on a tour of the tunnel system used by Syrian rebels to launch the offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Obeida says the group were forced to dig the tunnel complex on the frontline of the Syrian civil war to hide from Assad's "suicide aircraft" and describes how the group of 150 men were able to use the base to begin their push to take Aleppo from Syrian regime forces. The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/lerFiMS Website ► https://ift.tt/52OGfop Facebook ► https://ift.tt/bIa3kUz Twitter ► https://twitter.com/guardian Instagram ► https://ift.tt/vxZLrHj The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #syria #aleppo #assad #basharalassad #middleeast #hts #syriawar