president also split during the arab spring up rising and the primar earlier i spoke by skype with adam barron. >> we're looking at this decision coming just two weeks before peace talks are sent to start. we're seeing the replacement who is one of the few, i would say, political figures in yemen who even despite the war, he's being replaced by his now adversary ali abdullah saleh considering the background it is suggested that even as we're having these peace talks on the horizon, that there is this possibility on the other hand that the battle could be building up. >> a spokesman for the al-qaeda linked al nusra front has died. he was reportedly killed with 20 other fighters in idlib. it comes as al nusra front killed 50 other soldiers in aleppo. we have reports on the battle of syria's largest city. >> al nusra front fighters. it's a fight to gain control of the town of pro syrian forces with the help of the russian air force. al nusra's tanks began to shell their enemy's positions from a distance. the battle has started. but it will only take hours for them to take control of the highest p