A Syrian fighter jet drops a bomb on Eastern Ghouta --- just one of two areas targeted by government forces according to this latest video posted to a social media website whose content Reuters cannot independently verify.

Airstrikes like the ones carried out in Jobar on Monday have given the government a distinct advantage.

Lacking similar firepower and range, rebels like these in Aleppo have been forced to respond with truck mounted rocket launchers and an aggressive ground war.