Syria's Aleppo ablaze ahead of fresh diplomatic efforts
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By Karam al-Masri (AFP) 5 hours ago in World
Huge blazes erupted in Syria's Aleppo as the city was rocked by fighting and air strikes on Thursday, ahead of last-ditch efforts by world powers to salvage a failed ceasefire.
The top diplomats from the United States and Russia were to meet with other key players in New York later Thursday, after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Syria's peace process was facing a "make or break moment".
The truce deal brokered by Moscow and Washington fell apart earlier this week, ushering in a surge of fighting on all major fronts of Syria's five-year civil war.
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