Assad, Syria and Aleppo

BEIRUT:  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sought to shore up support from his allies on Sunday (Dec 1), after a monitor said ...
Diminished support for the Syrian government from Iran, Hezbollah and Russia enabled opposition forces to take the initiative ...
They intervened on his side against rebel groups that ranged from the jihadist extremists of Islamic State to militias ...
Amid a rapid-fire collapse of Syrian, Hezbollah, Russian and Iranian forces in northern Syria, questions are surfacing about ...