Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)" in English language version.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)IRGC 'Basij' commander General Jabbar Drisawi was killed on the Handarat front north of Aleppo city five months later on October 16, 2014.
Aleppo has been reduced to symbolic importance ... The government is no longer able to reinforce its positions in Aleppo. As such, it cannot prevent its fall should the Islamist opposition or the Islamic State launch a major offensive against it ... It would also increase the incentive for Alawite fighters and officers to abandon locations such as Aleppo and southern Syria and retreat to defend their home towns.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Assad's forces have also been accused of employing improvised weapons, ... indiscriminately killing scores of Syrian civilians in the process.
Aleppo has been reduced to symbolic importance ... The government is no longer able to reinforce its positions in Aleppo. As such, it cannot prevent its fall should the Islamist opposition or the Islamic State launch a major offensive against it ... It would also increase the incentive for Alawite fighters and officers to abandon locations such as Aleppo and southern Syria and retreat to defend their home towns.