Battles Rage Around Aleppo Amid Syria Talks

Syrian forces have engaged in fighting on different fronts near the northern city of Aleppo, said a group that monitors the war in Syria, as U.N.-mediated peace talks got underway in Geneva. "Fierce fighting raged between regime troops and loyalist militia against IS (Islamic State) to the east of Khanasser," southeast of Aleppo city, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Separately, it was being reported that the army backed by Russian warplanes...

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