Military Base: Bashar Assads

Bashar Assads: The death of Abdul-Qadir Saleh, founder of the Tawhid Brigade, followed advances by President Bashar Assads troops against rebels on two key fronts: the capture of a string of opposition-held suburbs south of Damascus and the taking of two towns and a military base outside the northern city of Aleppo, according to The Star. Syrian government gaining ground in war, ahead of proposed peace talks BEIRUT The leader of one of Syrias most prominent rebel units died early Monday of wounds sustained during a strike by government forces last week, his group said, dealing another blow to fighters reeling from a series of recent battlefield losses. MORE ON THESTAR.COM (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.