stuart ramsay is inside aleppo this evening and joins us by phone. what can you tell bus the situation there? >> reporter: there's a mig fighter jet, a russian-made fighter jek carrying out attacks on a number of free syrian army positions. this has been going on for pretty much most of the day. there is a return of fire at the jets, but it's hopeless, to be honest. they say they've taken over the citadel, the ancient monument in the center of aleppo, but we know the syrian army are gathering in greater numbers. more tanks have been brought brought up, and of course they completely control the sky. >> axelrod: how do the free syrian army rebels deal with the fact that they're so overpowered? >> reporter: well, two things. firstly, they're working inside a city, ancient city, quite high buildings, probably five or six stories. they can hide beneath those. they can move in those always. they have beaten many tanks already. these, again, are russian-made tanks. due to the makeup of them, they explode very easily. they have that advantage. the other, of

stuart ramsay is inside aleppo this evening and joins us by phone. what can you tell bus the situation there? >> reporter: there's a mig fighter jet, a russian-made fighter jek carrying out attacks on a number of free syrian army positions. this has been going on for pretty much most of the day. there is a return of fire at the jets, but it's hopeless, to be honest. they say they've taken over the citadel, the ancient monument in the center of aleppo, but we know the syrian army are gathering in greater numbers. more tanks have been brought brought up, and of course

. >> axelrod: stuart ramsay reporting for us from inside aleppo tonight. thank you so much. the heavily outgunned rebels are struggling to hold on to every piece of territory they can in and around aleppo. charlie d'agata now with a firsthand report from one village in the area. >> reporter: from their base in tal raffat, rebels set off to fight the syrian army under the cover of darkness. aleppo is an hour's drive. the rebels are facing a much larger enemy equipped with tanks, heavy weapons, and helicopter gunships. are you afraid today? "no," this fighter told us. "we are looking for death." the rebels push was cut short when suddenly we heard explosions and saw tracer fire nearby. the syrian army had begun an assault on the city of tal raffat. the fight had come to the rebels' doorstep. we followed the rebels into an olive grove it take shelter. the rebel fighters prayed for protection. the few civilians with gasoline for their vehicles raced to open farm land. abu ibrahim made it, along with his wife, and eight children. how far into the area were you and why do you feel