President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday congratulated Syrians on the liberation of Aleppo, Yahoo reports.
In a video posted Assad noted that the city's liberation was "history in the making and worthy of more than the word congratulations.
He described the army's imminent capture of Aleppo as a turning point.
"I think that after the liberation of Aleppo we'll talk about the situation as... before the liberation of Aleppo and after the liberation of Aleppo," he said.