Syria army forces capture two key Shia towns

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

• Syrian army breaks the siege of two key Shia towns of Nubul and Zahraa in north-western Aleppo. The towns were besieged for almost 4 years by foreign-backed militants.
• The Syrian government says it does not know who its interlocutors will be at the Geneva peace talks, adding that it’s unclear how long the preparations will take.
• Hundreds of people flee Turkey's city of Diyarbakir, after the lifting of weeks-long curfew to escape any further clashes between security forces and Kurdish militants.
• Flight operations across Pakistan come to a near standstill as the staff of the country’s flag carrier walk out over the death of two of their colleagues.
• France says non-Euro zone countries cannot interfere in the euro zone, in a veiled reference to a draft reform package between the EU and the UK.