- Russian and Syrian warplanes seek to blunt rebel advance from Aleppo Financial Times
- Syria Rebels Take Aleppo Airport and Attack Hama, Officials and a Monitor Say The New York Times
- Russian, Syrian jets intensify bombing of Syria’s rebel-held northwest Reuters
- Setbacks for Russia, Iran and Hezbollah Turn Into a Catastrophe for Syria’s Assad The Wall Street Journal
- Islamist rebels in Syria catch Assad, Putin, Iran regimes off guard giving US new mideast headache Fox News