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(CNN) Syrian government forces say they have retaken control of the rest of Aleppo, but there is no military solution to the conflict in Syria. Only a widely accepted political settlement can end the fighting and stitch the country back together. The recent Syrian regime offensive -- supported by Russian and Iranian-backed forces -- to capture the rest of the eastern side of the city has led to the complete fall of the besieged area. However the Syrian regime's recent victories have raised many questions about the impact of these gains on the conflict in Syria and the fate of the country.Haid: Even if Assad is able to control Syria militarily, after a long struggle, the regime will still not be able to efficiently run the countryDespite the significance of Aleppo, the fate of the city alone is not a decisive factor in the Syrian conflict 
 Question:Any other solution will only deal with symptoms and ignore the illness until it is too late for it to be treated, and turn _ into a failed state permanently.
Syrian

Terrified: Miriam, 11 (left), and Ayesha, nine (right), are currently living in fear in their basement A terrified British family who are stuck in a basement in war-torn Yemen have launched a desperate appeal to be evacuated to the UK. Louise Henderson Alakil, 49, moved to the Middle Eastern country 27 years ago and worked as a teacher at the International School in the capital Sanaa until recent fighting forced it to close. She is now hiding in a shelter below her family home on the outskirts of the city with her youngest children, Miriam, 11, and Ayesha, nine, amid heavy shelling and while bombs fall all around them.Louise Henderson, 49, moved to Yemen 27 years ago to work as a teacherHer family are now caught up in fighting in the country's capital, SanaaShe is currently hiding below her home with her two young daughtersMiriam, 11, and Ayesha, nine, have pleaded for the bombing to stop and for their family to be evacuated to the UK 
 Question:The family are facing a number of problems in their fight to leave the country, as Louise and her children's passports have expired and the _ authorities are closed.
British

(CNN) -- It wasn't easy for David Kizelewicz to make ends meet as a single father of four on a construction worker's salary after his first divorce. But he did his best to cook dinner each night and to spend quality time with his kids on weekends, and somehow, "they ended up smarter than me," he jokes. Fast forward a few decades and Kizelewicz, now 63, is raising another family. He still makes dinner most nights but now he has a bigger home, a stable job and a wife whose additional income makes things much easier. Some people cautioned him against remarrying at 49, saying he was too old to start a new family. He had two complicated marriages behind him when his now-wife Natalie -- his son's coworker -- agreed to a date. He was 48 and dating for the first time since his children left the home; she was 29 and had just ended what she described as an emotionally abusive marriage to her first husband, with whom she had a daughter. She resisted at first because of the age difference, but when she finally gave in they immediately hit it off during their first date at Olive Garden.David and Natalie Kizelewicz have been married 13 years; it's his third marriage, her secondThey say they are happier now because they know what they want from the relationshipMany baby boomers have learned from mistakes in previous marriages"Relationships are about enhancing your life rather than giving you a life," specialist says 
 Question:Two weeks after the birth of their daughter, _ had prostate surgery after being diagnosed with cancer a month before the baby's due date.

David Kizelewicz