margaret warner spoke to james foley from our partner, global post. they talked via skype earlier today. >> warner: james foley, thanks for speaking with us. so what's the state of the conflict right now between the rebels and the government forces now mounting this assault? >> we hear a lot about the battle for aleppo being one of the critical battles. it seems like the syrian army is trying to really demoralize the rebels by ending syrian fighter jets. we saw the fighter jets yesterday swooping down, firing rockets followed by helicopters for a while now. so this is a terrifying thing. they also made... a lot speculate that the real battle hasn't started, they're just testing the area. it would seem if assad loses aleppo, surely there is a huge blow for him and he would not... aleppo being the industrial capital >> warner: assad used to enjoy support from the business community in aleppo. what can you tell about how the population feels now? where their sympathies lie? >> we were here weeks before fighting broke out. it was very interesting because