BEIRUT: Fierce fighting around Syria´s contested northern province of Aleppo killed at least 21 rebels on Monday as rockets slammed into a government-held district in the provincial capital, killing nine people.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that along with the 21 rebels, at least 30 soldiers were killed or wounded in Monday´s clashes in the province.
President Bashar Assad´s forces, backed by Lebanese Hezbollah and pro-government militias, have been trying to wrest as much territory in Aleppo from the opposition ahead of the June 3 presidential elections.
In the city of Aleppo, Syria´s largest and the provincial capital, government forces have been relentlessly shelling opposition districts with aircraft and artillery in recent months.
Aleppo has been divided between government- and opposition-held areas since rebels launched an offensive there in mid-2012, capturing whole neighborhoods and large sections of territory outside the city and along the border with Turkey. (AP)
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