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Islamist insurgents claim control taken in parts of Syria's Idlib city

BEIRUT - Islamist groups including al-Qaida's Nusra Front have seized major parts of Syria's city of Idlib for the first time since the conflict in the country began, fighters and a monitoring group said on Saturday.
Idlib, a city of 100,000 people, is close to the main strategic highway linking Damascus to Aleppo and is also close to the coastal province of Latakia, a stronghold of Syrian President Bashar Assad.