BLITZER: Volunteer emergency workers report a mass exodus of terrified civilians in Aleppo where Syrian government forces are making major gains in the city's rebel-controlled eastern neighborhoods. Our Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr is working the story for us. Barbara, what does this all mean for the actual people who live there?</s>BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: It is terrifying for them, Wolf. The fighting in Syria stepping up on several fronts. First up over the weekend, the Pentagon announced 200 additional special operations forces will go to Syria to help train and advise those forces fighting ISIS. But in Aleppo, these people, this is a killing field. Maybe as many as 10,000 people trying to escape those eastern neighborhoods because Syrian forces are coming at them full tilt. We have some overhead video taken by drones showing one of the neighborhoods, constant assault by Syrian forces. Civilian casualties, nobody can say at this point how many people have been killed, as people try to escape the fighting but are often killed by those government forces. All of this underscoring, besides the humanitarian disaster, underscoring what the U.S. believes is the very reason to be careful of Russia. This fighting by the regime has basically been facilitated by Russian support for Bashar al Assad over the months. It has kept him in power. It has given his forces the ability, basically, Wolf, to kill the people of Aleppo.</s>BLITZER: There are also reports, Barbara, that ISIS has retaken the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. What can you tell us?</s>STARR: This has happened over the last couple of days. ISIS moving back into this central area in Syria that is basically unpopulated. It is giving them a toe hold in this ancient city which is also a world heritage site. They had already destroyed the ruins there -- Wolf.</s>BLITZER: Awful situation, indeed. Barbara Starr reporting from the Pentagon. That's it for me. Thanks very much for watching. I'm Wolf Blitzer in THE SITUATION ROOM. "ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT" starts right now.
Syrian Forces Making Gains in Aleppo.