Syrian forces will continue 'cleaning' Aleppo, says Assad

President says besieged city is an 'important springboard' in the fight against terrorism

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President Bashar al-Assad of Syria says his forces will continue "cleaning" Aleppo of terrorists, despite global anger over the deaths of hundreds of civilians in the city in recent days.

"You have to clean. You have to keep cleaning this area and to push the terrorists to Turkey... To go back to

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