Assad will use 'full brutality' to crush Syrian rebels: analyst

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will attempt to crush the Syrian rebels who seized Aleppo last week, 'brutally'', an analyst told Reuters on Monday (December 2). A senior associate fellow in international security studies at the Royal United Services Institute in London, H.A. Hellyer said that out of Assad's allies, Russia will likely be his staunchest supporter.