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Air strikes by regime and allied Russian forces have already killed dozens, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group.

On Wednesday, HTS and allied groups said they had launched an offensive to “deter aggression”, accusing the government and allied Iran-backed militias of escalation in the north-west.

He told the Associated Press in June that he is a “friend” of Sleiman Frangieh, a Christian Lebanese politician who is allied with the Shia Muslim political party and militant group Hezbollah.

But Trump has also vowed to increase American energy independence by boosting domestic drilling and being less reliant on foreign oil and gas, particularly from countries not allied with the US.

On Wednesday, HTS and its allies said they had launched their offensive to “deter aggression” and “thwart the enemy’s plans”, accusing the government and allied Iran-backed militias of escalation and aggression in north-west.