Russia-backed Syrian forces found Abu Abdo and family this week in Khan Sheikhou...
KHAN SHEIKHOUN, Syria - Russia-backed Syrian forces found Abu Abdo and family this week in Khan Sheikhoun, a town which almost all other residents had fled during shelling in an offensive to take the area from rebel fighters.
He said his was one of only around three families that stayed in the town through the offensive while all other civilians fled north, away from the shelling. “The fighters ran away a day before the army entered. There was a huge number of fighters here,” Abu Abdo said, referring to the rebels. “The operation was difficult. The rebels were holed up for a month under heavy, continuous bombardment. Which caused them to withdraw to the north,” a military official said.
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