UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly condemned President Bashar al-Assad’s “escalation” of the Syrian war on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) as rebels battled to free inmates from a prison in the key city of Aleppo.

The vote came on the eve of talks between US President Barack Obama and Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a key player in the drama as leader of a former Syrian ally that now backs the revolt against Assad.

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