Prominent Syrian Army commander arrives in Aleppo

The prominent Syrian Arab Army (SAA) commander of the elite “Tiger Forces” has traveled to the Aleppo Governorate this morning after the jihadist rebels seized large parts of the provincial capital’s western flank.

Accoridng to an Al-Masdar field correspondent, Colonel Suheil Al-Hassan arrived in Aleppo this morning to observe the battle taking place in the western part of the city and to decide whether or not to send his forces to the province.

The majority of the Tiger Forces’ battalions are deployed to the Hama Governorate currently; however, there are some units still protecting the Malaah Farms near the Castillo Highway in northern Aleppo.