'Victory is now within reach'
Syria's foreign minister yesterday told the United Nations that a military victory in the six-year war was "now within reach" following a series of battleground gains by government forces.
"The liberation of Aleppo and Palmyra, the lifting of the seige of Deir Ezzor and the eradication of terrorism from many parts of Syria prove that victory is now within reach," Walid al-Muallem told the General Assembly.
More than 330,000 people have died in the war and more than 5 million Syrians have fled across borders to become refugees.
The United Nations is planning to convene a new round of peace talks in the coming weeks between Syria's government and the opposition, even though past negotiations have failed to yield more than incremental progress.
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