Assad: IS attack on Palmyra is an answer to the advance of the Syrian army in Aleppo
The militants of the forbidden “Islamic state”, attacking Palmyra, tried to stop the attack of the Army of Syria on Aleppo, in an interview with RT, Syrian President Bashar al -Assad said. “This was a response to the promotion of the Syrian army in Aleppo,” the president said in an interview, excerpts from which were published on the channel’s website.