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| Syria troops capture villages near Aleppo in surprise attack | |
| 2015-02-18 | |
| [Ynet] Syrian government forces backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters captured several villages near Aleppo in heavy fighting Tuesday that left more than 100 dead on both sides, bringing them closer to their goal of besieging rebel-held neighborhoods in the country's largest city, activists said. The troops were able to cut off the highway linking Aleppo with the Turkish border, according to Aleppo-based activist Amer Hassan and the Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said pro-government forces had blocked a road leading north from the city towards the Turkish border and heavy festivities continued. Pro-government newspaper al-Watan reported on Monday that government forces aimed to encircle the city this week in an offensive against krazed killer groups. | |
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