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Fighting Spreads Through Syria's Largest City

(New York Times) Anne Barnard - In Syria's largest city, Aleppo, on Monday, rebels attacked the towering municipality building with rockets, sending civil servants fleeing. In a city that was once considered a bastion of support for President Assad, two months of pitched battles have taken a heavy toll. Municipal services have collapsed in many areas, and Christian, Kurdish and wealthy Sunni Muslim neighborhoods that had felt secure when fighting began have been the site of clashes. The road from Damascus to Aleppo was crowded on Saturday with government troops headed for the city.

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