Syrian President Says Victory Within Grasp in Aleppo

With his forces on the cusp of victory over rebels in Aleppo, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the fight will continue until the five-year-old conflict is over. Assad made the vow in an interview published Thursday in the state-owned newspaper al-Watan, one day after Syria's Russian-backed army gained control over three-quarters of Aleppo's Old City, which had been under rebel control since 2012. Assad said a victory in Aleppo would not mean an end to the war, but...

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