In a televised speech on July 26, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad for the first time conceded defeats to rebel forces and admitted that he could never hope to regain rule of all of Syria.
Fierce fighting erupted in the Syrian city of Aleppo after a coordinated attack by a coalition of rebel groups launched major offensive against positions held by the Assad regime.
The leader of Jabhat al-Nusrah, al-Qaeda’s official offshoot in Syria, has ordered his network of Islamic militants not to use Syria as a base from which to launch attacks on the West.
Britain and France have dismissed any suggestion of renewing a relationship with embattled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad despite sharing an enemy in the Islamic State.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has denied using “indiscriminate weapons” on rebel areas, causing massive civilian casualties, appears in denial about his role in causing the ongoing civil war in his country.