Syria army forces capture two key Shia towns

Syrian army breaks the siege of two key Shia towns of Nubul and Zahraa.

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

  • Syrian army breaks the siege of two key Shia towns of Nubul and Zahraa in north-western Aleppo. The towns were besieged for almost 4 years by foreign-backed militants.
  • The Syrian government says it does not know who its interlocutors will be at the Geneva peace talks, adding that it’s unclear how long the preparations will take.
  • Hundreds of people flee Turkey's city of Diyarbakir, after the lifting of weeks-long curfew to escape any further clashes between security forces and Kurdish militants.
  • Flight operations across Pakistan come to a near standstill as the staff of the country’s flag carrier walk out over the death of two of their colleagues.
  • France says non-Euro zone countries cannot interfere in the euro zone, in a veiled reference to a draft reform package between the EU and the UK.

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