article_snippet: Yesterday's terror attack came just days after the opposition rejected a UN ceasefire plan for the northern Syrian city of Aleppo and as President Bashar al-Assad insisted President Bashar al-Assad continues to enjoy the support of the Syrian people despite nearly four years of war and international pressure on President Bashar al-Assad regime. '
article_snippet: The goal was to storm the building and to control The goal, but Members of Syrian opposition forces failed,' Rami Abdel Rahman, the director of UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group .
article_snippet: The attack was the worst reported violence in Aleppo since Rebels from several factionsrejected a UN plan to freeze fighting in Aleppo on Sunday.
article_snippet: On the run: Members of the rebel First Army try to hide from Assad regime forces' snipers in Aleppo .
article_snippet: Once Syria's commercial hub, Aleppo has been devastated by fighting that began in mid-2012, and Aleppo is now split between loyalist forces and rebels .
article_snippet: Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo yesterday told Portuguese broadcaster RTP that the image of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo presented in the West was deeply skewed. '
article_snippet: The people are against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, the regional countries are against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo and the West is against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, and (still) Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo succeeded,' Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo said, speaking in English. '
article_snippet: Fighting in Aleppo erupted in mid-2012, and control of the city -- once Syria's commercial hub -- has since been divided between rebels on the eastern side and the regime in the West.
article_snippet: The air force intelligence headquarters in Aleppo is a key strategic site for regime forces and the surrounding area has come under repeated attack from rebel forces.
highlights_snippet: Al Qaeda-backed Nusra Front group carried out the attack west of Aleppo .
  