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Vital supplies reach Aleppo amid battle
Fierce fighting as government convoys defy Isis and Nusra forces
VITAL supply convoys began to reach the Syrian city of Aleppo this weekend as fierce fighting continued in the province.
Four civilians — including a child — were killed in the city yesterday when a rebel-launched artillery rocket fell on a residential building in al-Neel street.
Three people were also injured by the rocket launched from the Bani Zeid district. Four more were injured on Saturday when rockets hit al-Ashrafiyeh district.
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