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Aleppo central prison liberated
http://sana.sy/eng/21/2014/05/22/546092.htm

Damascus, (SANA) Army units successfully wrapped up military operations in the vicinity of Aleppo Central Prison after they had broken the siege on the troops defending it, the General Command of the Army and Armed Forces said.

In a statement issued Thursday, the Command announced that army units have regained control over a site where a law-enforcement battalion is stationed north of the prison and tightened grip on the adjacent areas, inflicting back-breaking losses on the armed groups.

"The new achievement is highly important as it serves to tighten the noose on residual terrorist groups in the eastern and northeastern outskirts of Aleppo city and cuts off supply lines that terrorist gangs were using for movement from the [Aleppo] northern countryside towards the city,'' added the statement.

The statement lauded the feat as a "body blow" for terrorist gangs which used Aleppo northern countryside as a springboard to launch attacks against Aleppo city, adding that it "gives the lie to claims and fabrications" about terrorist groups seizing control of the prison.

The Command concluded by vowing non-stop efforts to strike terrorists hard and bring back security and stability to Aleppo "and every inch of the Syrian land."

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