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Syrian government recaptures territory lost to insurgents
A car burns after an air strike next to a hospital in Idlib, Syria, December 2, 2024
THE Syrian government retook some territory today that it had lost to jihadists last week, while insurgent forces claimed the capture of four new towns.
These shifts in the miltary picture came the day after Turkey, Iran and Russia announced new diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting.
The capture of the towns is part of a wide offensive by rebels led by jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other Turkish-backed opposition fighters.
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