- Syria’s Assad trapped by rebel advance and refusal to compromise Financial Times
- Russian, Syrian jets intensify bombing of Syria’s rebel-held northwest Reuters
- Syria Rebels Take Aleppo Airport and Attack Hama, Officials and a Monitor Say The New York Times
- Islamist rebels in Syria catch Assad, Putin, Iran regimes off guard giving US new mideast headache Fox News
- Syria launches counterattacks in an attempt to halt insurgency, as Iran’s top diplomat meets Assad The Associated Press