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Syria: Isis forced back by invaders, rebels and government

ISIS extremists were driven back on several fronts in Syria yesterday as the army exploited the ceasefire with Western-backed insurgents.

Syrian forces retook more villages south of al-Bab in northern Aleppo province from the death cult.

And they took full control of Lake Jabboul and the road running south to Homs province after Isis apparently began to pull out of the province.

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