NANCHANG Bryan Rust Penguins Jersey , Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Seven people have been confirmeddead after an explosion occurred at a firework plant in ShangliCounty, east China's Jiangxi Province, Friday evening.


The county authorities said on Saturday that the plant wasordered for production suspension by the county's work safetyadministration on Friday morning due to loopholes in productionsafety. But the plant continued production in the evening.


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by Hummam Sheikh Ali


DAMASCUS, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- After failing to bring a solution to the prolonged Syria war by seven rounds of talks, the eighth round of Geneva talks this time is also not expected to achieve any breakthrough, analysts say.


Since 2012 Justin Schultz Penguins Jersey , the consecutive rounds of Geneva talks have failed to produce a solid ground for the solution in Syria as the talks were marred by the intervention of foreign powers in the talks in addition to the fragmentation of the Syrian opposition groups.


Sure, there are developments on the ground that are important and also in the political arena.


On the ground, the Syrian government forces, with the help of the Russian ally and the Iranian-backed troops, have retaken key and large areas from the rebels, including the ultra-radical ones Olli Maatta Penguins Jersey , such as the Islamic State (IS) and the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front.


Their latest achievement was capturing the city of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria from the IS militants and haunting them down in their last stronghold of the city of al-Bukamal in the eastern countryside of Deir al-Zour near the Iraqi border.


This progress against the terror-designated groups across the country is so important for the Syrian government, whose forces are now on the offense instead of being on the defense in the early years of the nearly seven-year war.


These kinds of achievements have strengthened the position of the government of President Bashar al-Assad, particularly in any given negotiation.


But the foreign-backed opposition groups who were taking part in the previous rounds of talks maintained their stance that Assad must go as a prelude to any political process, which is seen by many analysts as doesn't make sense because the thing that they have failed to achieve militarily will not be taken politically, at least in their outright demand for Assad's departure.


This tone had previously been reflected by Western powers, whose rhetoric has softened in terms of their high demands.


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