Assad strikes back: Syrian rebel leader 'is killed in Russian airstrike' after his forces seized Aleppo and marched on Damascus threatening dictator's regime - forcing ISRAEL to plan to go in if situa

A Syrian rebel leader may have been killed in a Russian airstrike on a terrorist hideout after his forces seized Aleppo in a shock offensive, local media has reported. Abu Mohammad al-Julani, the current commander-in-chief of the Hay'at Tahrir al-Shamgroup, may have been killed in an airstrike The death of Al-Julani is yet to be confirmed but the strike has been reported in local media An anti-government fighter tears down a portrait of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, after jihadists and their allies entered the northern Syrian city, on November 30 Syrian opposition fighters get on a motorcycle as opposition supporters stand on top of a captured army armoured vehicle in the town of Maarat al-Numan The insurgents seized Aleppo airport and dozens of nearby towns on Saturday after overrunning most of the city, a war monitor said. Syrian opposition fighters gather at Saadallah al-Jabiri Square, after rebels opposed to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said they had reached the heart of Aleppo, Syria, November 30 Opposition fighters patrol the streets after they took control of the city of Maarat al-Numan where the international road M5 passes through it, in Maarat al-Numan, Syria The video shows how insurgents manage to yank at the statue by tying it to rope that is attached to a moving truck Opposition fighters patrol the streets after they took control of the city of Maarat al-Numan The bodies of Syrian army soldiers and allied fighters lie next to an Syrian army vehicle after being allegedly killed in combat by opposition fighters in Aleppo, Syria Who was Bassel al-Assad? Syrian opposition supporters stand atop a captured Syrian army tank in the town of Maarat al-Numan, southwest from Aleppo, Syria Footage captured the dramatic moment Islamist rebels in Syria toppled a statue of President Bashar al-Assad's brother as they stormed Aleppo Rebel forces have been advancing in Aleppo amid reports that they have taken control over most of the city Anti-government fighters prepare to topple the equestrian statue of Bassel-al-Assad, the eldest son of late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad, who was killed in a car crash in 1994 Anti-government fighters celebrate in a street in Maaret al-Numan in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on November 30 Anti-government fighters celebrate in Aleppo, after jihadists and their allies entered the northern Syrian city An anti-government fighter raises an opposition flag in front of the landmark citadel of Aleppo Smoke rises from the area following an airstrike on Aleppo, Syria on November 30 A general view of the destruction following an airstrike on Aleppo, which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says was launched by Russia Members of the armed group opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime perform Islamic prayer at Aleppo Castle after they seized control of much of Aleppo's city center in Syria Anti-government fighters kneel to pray in a street in Aleppo, after jihadists and their allies entered the northern Syrian city The bodies of Syrian army soldiers and allied fighters are collected by opposition fighters in body bags after being allegedly killed earlier in combat by opposition fighters in Aleppo, Syria It alleged coup comes at a time when Assad's allies were preoccupied with their own conflicts. Anti-government fighters brandish their guns as they ride a vehicle in Syria's northern city of Aleppo Image shows the destruction caused following an airstrike on Aleppo A Syrian opposition fighter takes a picture of a comrade stepping on a portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, early Saturday Who are the rebels seizing control of Aleppo?