Complex sentence: This capture marks an important symbolic victory for the opposition, following a string of defeats to President Assad's forces in central Syria and it consolidates the rebels' hold on a key supply route north of Aleppo.
Split into simpler sentences: This capture marks an important symbolic victory for the opposition, following a string of defeats to President Bashar al-Assad's forces in central Syria. The capture consolidates the rebels' hold on a key supply route north of the city of Aleppo.