Syrian Civil War News Updates -- June 2, 2015

Reuters: Syrian insurgent advances put Assad under pressure

Steady advances by insurgents on key fronts in Syria mean President Bashar al-Assad is under more military pressure than at any point in the four-year-old war.

Losses in the north, east and south to groups including al Qaeda's Syrian arm and Islamic State may test Assad's hold over western parts of the country that are the most crucial to his survival.

After his loss of Palmyra, a symbolic and militarily strategic city, and nearly all of Idlib province, he appears to be circling his wagons more closely to a western region that includes Damascus, Homs, Hama and the coast.

Syrian Civil War News Updates -- June 2, 2015

Islamic State Advances Further Into Syria’s Aleppo Province -- WSJ
Intense Airstrikes Over Syria's Aleppo Region -- VOA
Islamic State Fighters Battle Militants in Northern Syria -- AP
U.S. accuses Syria of backing Islamic State's Aleppo advance -- Reuters
Syria: Isis advance on Aleppo aided by Assad regime air strikes, US says -- The Guardian
U.S. embassy in Syria accuses al-Assad of helping Islamic State -- UPI
While nobody was looking, the Islamic State launched a new, deadly offensive -- Washington Post
Thousand of Arabs flee from Kurdish fighters in Syria's north -- The Independent
Turkey sets up field hospital in Syria's Idlib -- BGN News
Turkish President: Country not sending arms to terrorists in Syria -- CNN
Syrian regime revenues shrink as losses mount in civil war -- Albawaba
Russia urges US to act in lockstep with Syria to crush IS -- AFP
Report: Russia Withdraws Support from Bashar al-Assad Regime -- Washington Free Beacon
Syrian Druse could flee to Israel as Assad may abandon them to ISIS -- Jerusalem Post
A Covert Escalation of U.S. Involvement in Syria? -- Ted Galen Carpenter, CATO
Agreement may be near on the future of Syria -- The National