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Suicide bombs hit army as Syria opposition talks drag

Twin suicide bombings killed at least 20 soldiers in Syria's south on Saturday, a watchdog said, as a unity deal still eluded the opposition despite several days of foreign-backed efforts.

A Syrian opposition fighter is pictured in a destroyed house after hard clashes with Syrian regime forces in Ras al-Ain. Twin suicide bombings killed at least 20 soldiers in Syria's south on Saturday, a watchdog said, as a unity deal still eluded the opposition despite several days of foreign-backed efforts.

The opposition talks in Doha, Qatar, saw the Syrian National Council vying to keep its leading role in the face of US- and Arab-backed proposals to form a government-in-waiting that could win deeper international support.

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