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Syria: Army puts Nusra Front on back foot
Assad’s forces launch attacks to secure crucial city of Aleppo
SYRIAN troops moved to cut off Islamist fighters in the city of Aleppo and to its north on the Turkish border yesterday.
The army moved against the town of Hraytan, occupied by the al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front.
The town lies between west Aleppo to the south, the Sheik Najjar industrial city to the north-east and Zahraa to the north-west.
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