political asylum. a decision expected within a week. held up in the ecuador london embassy since june. trying to avoid extradition on sexual misconduct allegations. to serious where the people of aleppo are enduring a day of deadly fight and a high ranking political defector is speaking out for the very first time. here is abc s martha raddatz. reporter: a furious volley of fire power in the streets of aleppo. as assad s forces appear to move street to street leaving dead and wounded in their path. but beneath the show of force, the cracks only grow. speaking for the first time since his defection, the former prime minister of syria, said assad s control is crumbling. translator: the regime is spiritually, financially and militarily cracked, rihad hajib claimed and it controls 30% of syrian land. it is not clear those claims are true, but what is clear is that the u.s. is not interested in establishing a no fly zen over the skies of syria like the one used so effectivel