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Fresh fighting erupts in Aleppo as Syria death toll rises - report.

BBC Monitoring International Reports

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Text of report in English by Lebanese news website Naharnet on 14 August

Fresh fighting erupted Tuesday [14 August] in Syria's second city Aleppo, where the army shelled several rebel-held areas, a rights watchdog said, after a bloody day in which 160 people were killed nationwide.

"Fighting broke out between government forces and rebel fighters in the (southwestern) districts of Saif al-Dawla and Salaheddin alongside explosions in the area," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Salaheddin is controlled by regime forces, although there are pockets of rebel fighters, according to the Britain-based watchdog.

A civilian was shot dead by a …

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