A statement broadcast on Syrian TV said the army has re-established ‘security’ in the northern city after the last rebels evacuated from their final toehold in the eastern parts of the city. The Syrian government’s recapture of Aleppo is a major turning point in the Syrian civil war with potentially powerful political repercussions. It represents a momentous victory for President Bashar Assad and a crushing defeat for Syria’s opposition which will struggle to forge a way forward.
