Washington: Syria's army and its Russian and Iranian allies are closing in on rebel strongholds in the country's north in an advance that has already derailed peace talks and may also unleash a new wave of refugees into Europe. The military forces of President Bashar al-Assad, supported by Russian air power and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants, are only about three kilometres away from Aleppo, once the country's most populous city, Rami Abdurrahman, head of the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said by phone. Their breakthrough threatens to cut off the rebel forces there from supply lines to Turkey. The United Nations on Wednesday suspended its long-awaited...
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