Fierce Fighting Grips Aleppo

Tehrān : Iran | Aug 09, 2012 at 4:23 AM PDT

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VOA News August 09, 2012 Syrian activists say clashes between government forces and rebels are continuing in Aleppo Thursday, as the military presses on with an assault on opposition-held areas of the nation's largest city. The Local Coordination Committees and the Syrian Observatory for Human... FULL ARTICLE AT Voice of America

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