Syrian army takes district near Aleppo: monitor, media unit

The Syrian army and its allies took a small district on the outskirts of Aleppo from rebels on Wednesday, a war monitor and a military media unit run by Damascus ally Hezbollah said.The advance was the army's first from its lines in Aleppo city since rebels departed their enclave there in December, and came as government and opposition delegations arrived in Geneva for peace talks sponsored by the United Nations."The Syrian army and its allies control Souq al-Jibs, west of Assad suburb in southw