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Publish Date : 04 December 2016 - 11:58  ,  
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War in Syria to Continue After Fall of Aleppo - Mogherini

TEHRAN (Basirat)- EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini said that the fall of Aleppo will not end the war in Syria.
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini said that the fall of Aleppo will not end the war in Syria.

The retaking of the rebel-held areas of Aleppo by government forces will not end the war in Syria, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini said on Saturday.

"I'm convinced the fall of Aleppo will not end the war," Mogherini said at a conference in Rome, as quoted by the ITV broadcaster

Syria's civil war between government forces and a wide range of insurgents, including opposition groups and terrorists, such as Islamic State (ISIL, also known as Daesh) and Jabhat Fatah al Sham (also known as the Nusra Front, or Jabhat al-Nusra), both outlawed in Russia, has raged for some five years and has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives.

In November, the Syrian government forces supported by local militias launched a large-scale offensive against extremist groups in the eastern part of Aleppo. According to the Russian reconciliation center in Syria, earlier in the week, Syrian government forces made major strides in east Aleppo, liberating almost half of the area by late Monday.

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