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Syrian tanks roll into Aleppo prison grounds

By Zeina Karam
Published May 22, 2014 7:31pm ET
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Syrian tanks roll into Aleppo prison grounds
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian army soldier walks in front of Aleppo prison in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Syrian troops backed by airstrikes broke a yearlong rebel siege of a prison in the northern city of Aleppo Thursday, allowing President Bashar Assad's forces to close in on a nearby command center of a coalition of Islamist rebel groups, opposition activists said. (AP Photo/SANA) | Uncredited

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian tanks backed by massive air power rolled into the grounds of a sprawling prison in Aleppo on Thursday, breaking a yearlong rebel siege and allowing President Bashar Assad’s forces to close in on a nearby rebel command center.

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