[DesertRhino]

Hope the Syrian army gets those rats fully contained again

[allendale]

If Aleppo were to fall to Assad, the only remaining secure supply line to the barbaric jihadist rebels from Turkey would be through Raqqa, the capital of ISIS. Erdogan must feel that without a direct intervention by the Turkish military, Aleppo will soon fall. This no doubt is why he is trying to get close to Putin to see if he can work out a “deal” and somehow preserve his dreams of a Turkish caliphate.

[ColdOne]

What is the condition of Aleppo? I think I saw photos of it some time ago. all blown up, not many buildings standing.

[mvonfr]

What seems to be happening is the rebs are indeed sending in thousands but Assad -- only hundreds. Instead SAA is advancing in Daraa and Latakia, while the rebs new corridor is being worked by artillery and Syrian air-force.

If this actually works, it would be retroactively called a good strategy.

And a lot depends on Erdogan .. right now SAA is within 3 km of the Turkish border in Latakia -- will he interfere on the Islamist side this time or not?