A member of Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad sits inside an armoured vehicle in a government held area of Aleppo, Syria December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian army pressed an offensive in Aleppo on Friday with ground fighting and air strikes in an operation to retake all of the city's rebel-held east that would bring victory in the civil war closer for President Bashar al-Assad.
"The advance is going according to plan and is sometimes faster than expected," a Syrian military source told Reuters.
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