The immunisation operation will target more than 20 million children
A
huge vaccination campaign against polio has been launched by the United
Nations in the Middle East after the disease re-emerged in Syria.
The UN says it aims to immunise more than 20 million children in several countries over six months.Syria eradicated polio 14 years ago but vaccination programmes have suffered in nearly three years of civil war.
Government troops launched a new offensive on Friday, pushing rebels out of a base near the city of Aleppo.
After an artillery barrage and air strikes, President Bashar al-Assad's forces recaptured parts of Base 80, according to opposition monitors and a Reuters photographer on the ground. The military installation near the international airport was taken by rebels earlier this year.
Reports suggest at least 15 rebel fighters were killed but opposition forces were said to be regrouping after the fighting near Aleppo, Syria's second city.
More than 100,000 people have been killed and about two million people have fled abroad since the uprising against Mr Assad began.
Diplomats are struggling to fix a date for a long-delayed peace conference.
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