The war is rapidly deteriorating! Syrian presidential palace: Assad's departure from the capital is a rumor! The United States urges citizens to evacuate. The situation in the Middle East is fluctuating. The war that had been dormant in Syria for four years has once again been ignited and rapidly spread. The opposition armed forces have captured two cities in a short period of time - Aleppo, an important city in northwest Syria, for the first time on November 30th, and Hama, the fourth largest city in Syria, on December 5th. On December 6th, anti-government armed groups moved south from the central Syrian city of Hama and entered the rural areas north of Homs, which is considered the last line of defense for the capital Damascus.