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Liberating Aleppo Would Lead to Freedom of Other Syrian Cities: Assad

© REUTERS / Abdalrhman IsmailPeople inspect a damaged site after airstrikes on the rebel held Sheikh Fares neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria October 1, 2016
People inspect a damaged site after airstrikes on the rebel held Sheikh Fares neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria October 1, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Syrian President Bashar Assad is certain that retaking the city of Aleppo from terrorists would jump start the liberation of other Syrian cities.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – In the past month, Aleppo has been a battlefield between Syrian government forces, jihadists, and numerous opposition groups. The September US-Russia ceasefire deal on Syria collapsed after a week, with Syrian troops renewing their offensive, stating that militant ceasefire violations made the cessation of hostilities impossible.

"From the military, strategic perspective we will not be able to isolate al-Nusra [Jabhat Fatah al Sham]. But it would be a springboard to move towards other cities and to liberate them from terrorists. That’s the importance of Aleppo," Assad told Russia's Komsomolskaya Pravda daily.

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