Several Syrian soldiers have been killed as rebel troops opposed to President Bashar Al Assad overran the government-held northern city of Aleppo, the Syrian military said on Saturday. Mr Al Assad, in his first public comments on the attack,

Opposition forces seeking to overthrow Syria's President Bashar al-Assad launched their biggest offensive in years last week, retaking the northern city of Aleppo and driving government forces out of the region.

Multiple rebel factions and militant groups participated in the battle for Aleppo, code-named Operation Deterrence of Aggression, and headed by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, Islamist group that contro