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>> reporter: the battle for aleppo is far from over, but syrian government forces clearly have the upper hand. taking about half the rebel easter tory in the past week alone and continuing to push their offensive with massive fire power. like in so many districts that have been taken back by the syrian military, there is massive destruction in this part of eastern aleppo, but there's no denying the shift in momentum in favor of the syrian military and also the boost in morale that many of their soldiers have gotten. troops loyal to syrian president asaad tell us they believe they could capture...

Here, he says, so the loss of this district was a big blow to them. you can see how our shelling is pounding them, and that shows their morale is collapsing. rebels left behind a makeshift cannon when they fled here last week. so far the opposition hasn't found a way to shore up their defenses in the face of this massive and possibly decisive syrian government offensive. >> fred pleitgen is joining us on the phone. he's in aleppo. i want you to be really careful over there, fred. we know the syrian military is getting help from the russians, iranians, lebanese, hezbollah. who is helping the re...

The shift in momentum in favor of the syrian military and also the boost in morale that many of their soldiers have gotten. troops loyal to syrian president bashar al assad tell us they believe they could capture all of aleppo, syria's most important battleground, very soon. the rebel headquarters was right here, he says, so the loss of this district was a big blow to them. you can see how our shelling is pounding them. that shows that their morale is collapsing. rebels left behind a makeshift cannon when they fled here last week. so far the opposition hasn't found a way to shore up their defe...

Moment num favor of the syrian military and also the boost in morale many of their soldiers have gotten. troops loyal to syrian president bashar al assad tell us they believe they could capture all of aleppo, syria's most important battleground, very soon. the rebel headquarters was right here, he says. so the loss of this district was a big blow to them. you can see how our shelling is pounding them. that shows their morale is collapsing. rebels left behind a makeshift cannon when they fled here last week. so far the opposition hasn't found a way to shore up their defenses in the face of this...

Rebels left behind a makeshift cannon fleeing here last week. so far the opposition hasn't found a way to shore up their defenses in the face of the massive and possibly decisive syrian government offensive. >> in the past 30 hours that we've been on the ground, we've seen no let up in shelling. i'm not sure if you can hear the rounds that have been fired. in the past couple of days alone, the rebels have lost 60% of the territory that they once held here in aleppo. if you speak to some of those people, very few of them believed that a political solution is something that will happen or possib...