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From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Fighting between Assad troops, rebels forces continues in Quneitra
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe al Miadin TV network reports that fire exchanges between the Syrian army and the rebel groups in Quneitra continue, on the evening hours of Tuesday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights earlier reported that the Syrian army managed to take over villages north of Aleppo, and thus to block the supply routes of opposition forces from Turkey to Syria.
Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the observatory, told al Arabiya that Assad forces were trying to capture Aleppo in an effort to create an image of success that would improve Assad’s standing in the eyes of Iran and Russia.
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