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Syrian government forces have withdrawn from the city of Aleppo following an offensive by rebels opposed to the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.
The army acknowledged that rebels had entered "large parts" of the city, the country's second largest, but vowed to stage a counterattack.
The offensive marks the most significant fighting in Syria's civil war in recent years.
More than 300 people, including at least 20 civilians, have been killed since it began on Wednesday, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
Speaking on Saturday, President Assad vowed to "defend [Syria's] stability and territorial integrity in the face of all terrorists and their backers".
