Syrian government loses Aleppo

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Syrian government loses Aleppo after lightning rebel offensive: monitor

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Government forces lost control of Syria 's second city Aleppo on Sunday for the first time since the country's civil conflict began, a war monitor said, after a lightning offensive dealt a severe blow to President Bashar al-Assad . An Islamist -dominated rebel alliance launched its assault on forces of the Iranian- and Russian -backed government on Wednesday , the same day a fragile ceasefire took effect in neighbouring Lebanon between Israel and the Iran -backed Hezbollah after two months of all-out war..