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Ground assault on rebel positions in western Syria: monitor

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A wave of Russian air strikes in western Syria on Wednesday was being accompanied by a ground assault on at least four insurgent positions, a group monitoring the war said. The ground attacks were being carried out by "regime forces" the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, a term it uses broadly to describe the Syrian military and allied local and foreign militia. (Writing by Sylvia Westall)