Russia and Iran-backed offensive helps regime break Isil’s two-year siege on Syrian airbase
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(Worthy News) – Syria’s army has broken Isil’s two-year siege on an airbase in eastern Aleppo, marking the first major success for a military campaign backed by Russia and Iran.
State television said on Tuesday that regime troops had reached the Kweiris airbase and were in the process of securing it.
Almost a thousand soldiers had been trapped on the base, surviving through air drops of food and munitions. [ Source ]
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