FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2015 file photo, Syrian soldiers fire repelling an attack in Achan, Hama province, Syria. he battle for Aleppo has gripped the world, but it is hardly the only front in Syria: Opposition forces are on the offensive in the country’s center hoping to sever the road connection between Aleppo and the capital Damascus, which is itself a front; in the northwest, Turkish-backed opposition forces battle Islamic State militants; to the east, government forces weather an Islamic State siege of Deir El-Zour. (Alexander Kots/Komsomolskaya Pravda via AP, File)
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