AdvertisementBashar Assad Claims A Major Victory, But Syria's War Isn't OverDecember 14, 2016Greg MyrefacebookEmailSyrian President Bashar Assad (right) speaks Monday in Damascus with Cardinal Mario Zenari, the head of the Catholic diplomatic mission in Syria. The photo was released by the Syrian official news agency SANA. The Syrian army has retaken almost all of the northern city of Aleppo, and Assad appears in a stronger position than at any point in the past several years. (SANA via AP)