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Urgent: Syrian army captures Palmyra airbase

Xinhua, March 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Syrian army captured the airbase of the millennia-old city of Palmyra in central Syria, as part of the sweeping progress against the Islamic State (IS) group, a military source told Xinhua. Endit