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'Russia kills US-backed Syrian rebels in second day of air strikes as Iran prepares for ground offensive'
Russia conducts second wave of Syria air strikes
By Raziye Akkoc, and Roland Oliphant in Moscow
5:19AM BST 02 Oct 2015
Russian jets bomb rebel positions in Syria including rural areas near the north-western town of Jisr al-Shughour, a day after launching air strikes. Follow latest developments here
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Here is our summary of events in Syria on Thursday, from Richard Spencer, Middle East Editor, Nabih Bulos in Beirut and Ruth Sherlock in Washington:
• Iran was on Thursday night moving up its ground forces in Syria in preparation for an attack to reclaim rebel-held territory under the cover of Russian air strikes, according to sources close to Damascus. Hizbollah, the Lebanese Shia militia which has come to the Assad regime’s rescue in battle-fronts across the country in the past two years, is being prepared to capitalise on the strikes, a Syrianfigure close to the regime told The Telegraph
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