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The state news agency said today that regime forces fought with rebels in the Salaheddine and Sukkari neighbourhoods and claimed they inflicted heavy losses.
The Britain-based Syria Observatory, meanwhile, reported heavy fighting after midnight in several neighbourhoods as well as shelling by regime forces. Some areas also saw early-morning protests calling for the fall of the government.
Fighting broke out in Aleppo, Syria's largest city, over the weekend with rebels announcing a plan to liberate the city.
The operation comes as government forces appear to have reasserted control over the capital, Damascus, after a week of fighting.
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