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Battles for Aleppo & Surroundings Loom on Syria's Northern Front

Syrian government forces are reported to be preparing for a major offensive on rebel-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo and its surroundings. In northern Syria, Islamist opposition fighters massed in a strategic town south of Aleppo.

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Syria: UN humanitarian agencies reiterate call for access to 1.2 million stranded in Damascus

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Tanker trucks supply water to a housing complex in Adra, an industrial area northeast of Damascus...

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Graying Candidates Take Center Stage in Iran's Election

The candidates for president of Iran are cut from strikingly similar cloth: all are men, have ties to Iran's supreme leader and appear far more like technocrats when compared to the maverick current president.

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Twin Blasts Hits Syrian Capital

Two bombs have exploded near a police station in the center of the Syrian capital, Damascus, killing at least 14 people.

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