- Syrian rebels’ advance breaks conflict’s fragile stalemate Financial Times
- Islamist rebels in Syria catch Assad, Putin, Iran regimes off guard giving US new mideast headache Fox News
- How a Syrian insurgent group pulled off its beautiful seizure of Aleppo NPR
- The phantasm of Assad’s grip on Syria shatters, as Russia, Iran and Hezbollah let their guard down CNN
- After coming into Aleppo, Syrian insurgents advance to a close-by province. Assad says he’ll defeat them The Associated Press
