Syria’s Assad trapped by rebel advance and refusal to compromise - Financial Times

1. Syria’s Assad trapped by rebel advance and refusal to compromise  Financial Times
2. Bowen: Syria's rebel offensive is astonishing - but don't write off Assad  bbc.co.uk
3. Assault on Aleppo: who are the Syrian rebels HTS and why are they advancing?  The Guardian
4. Syrian rebels push towards Hama as government forces launch counterattacks  Al Jazeera English
5. Russia and Syria bomb rebel-held Idlib as Assad prepares major counter-attack  The Telegraph