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Syria: Battle for Aleppo

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The Syrian city of Aleppo has been the scene of some of the bloodiest clashes in the ongoing uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Both government and opposition forces consider control of Aleppo to be strategically important to their aims. The scale of the combat has led fighters to call it "the mother of all battles". The Free Syrian Army (FSA) first seized parts of the city in July. In the months that followed, government forces used indiscriminate airstrikes and constant shelling in an attempt to recapture it, however with limited success. The regime controls now a western segment of the city and the rebels entrenched in much of the east and south. So far, the battle claimed hundreds of deaths among civilians and forced thousands to flee accross the border to Turkey.

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  • A Free Syria Army (FSA) fighter takes guard at a rebel checkpoint near Circle of Jambul in northeast Aleppo.
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  • August 11, 2012 - Tarafat, Aleppo, Syria: Free Syria Army figthers stop a veihicle in a rebel checkpoint outside Tarafat village, near Aleppo. The Syrian Army warplanes have recently bombed residential areas and the only two schools in the village, with 200 kilogram bombs.
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  • August 09, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A Free Syria Army (FSA) fighter leaves the headquarters in Haneno neighborhood, to join his comrades on the frontline at Salehedine...The Syrian army and the FSA have in the past week exchanged heavy fire in a battle for the control of Syria's economic capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 14, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A Free Syria Army (FSA) fighter prepares to head to the frontline in Aleppo's old city. The Syrian Army have in the past ten days increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 14, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A Free Syria Army (FSA) commandant points at the positions of government forces in a hand drowned map of Salahedin neighborhood in Aleppo. The Syrian Army have in the past ten days increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 10, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A Free Syria Army (FSA) fighter advances towards the frontline through a hole in a wall of a house in Saheledine, a strategic neighborhood in southwest Aleppo...The Syrian Army have in the past week increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 10, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A Free Syria Army (FSA) fighter advances towards the frontline through a hole in a wall of a house in Saheledine, a strategic neighborhood in southwest Aleppo...The Syrian Army have in the past week increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 10, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A group of Free Syria Army (FSA) fighters aim at a Syrian Army snipper during an advance towards the frontline in Saheledine, a strategic neighborhood in southwest Aleppo...The Syrian Army have in the past week increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 10, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A Free Syria Army (FSA) fighter shoots towards government's snipper positions in Babar Nassar, a small neighborhood in the old citadel of Aleppo...The Syrian Army have in the past week increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • August 15, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: View of the aftermath of an explosion cause by a Syrian army air strike on a communication center in northern Aleppo.
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  • August 10, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: Blood runs down the road where at least 12 people have died and more the 20 got injured during heavy shelling from the Syrian Army against a bakery in the residential area of Tariq Al-Bab in central Aleppo...The Syrian Army have in the past week increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 09, 2012 - Marea, Aleppo, Syria: Family members and friends mourn the death of Housin Al Ali, a 28 year old Free Syria Army fighter killed in combat in Alepo's Salehedine neighborhood...The Syrian army and the FSA have in the past week exchanged heavy fire in a battle for the control of Syria's economic capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 10, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A young man carries his brother, seriously injured minutes earlier by heavy shelling from the Syrian Army against a bakery in the residential area of Tariq Al-Bab in central Aleppo. At least 12 people have died and more the 20 got injured during the attack...The Syrian Army have in the past week increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 10, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A group of men carry the dead body of a man killed minutes earlier by heavy shelling from the Syrian Army against a bakery in the residential area of Tariq Al-Bab in central Aleppo. At least 12 people have died and more the 20 got injured during the attack...The Syrian Army have in the past week increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 14, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A Free Syria Army (FSA) fighter stands beside the body of a civilian killed minutes earlier during a attack by the regime war plane against a local hospital in Tariq Al-Bab neighborhood in central Aleppo. The Syrian Army have in the past ten days increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • August 10, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A man and a woman mourn the death of their son, killed minutes earlier by heavy shelling from the Syrian Army against a bakery in the residential area of Tariq Al-Bab in central Aleppo. At least 12 people have died and more the 20 got injured during the attack...The Syrian Army have in the past week increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 14, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A civilian, injured by a shot of a Syrian Army's snipper, is treated at a local hospital in Tariq Al-Bab neighborhood in central Aleppo. The Syrian Army have in the past ten days increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • August 10, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: The bodies of several people lay in the bloody floor of an improvised hospital in central Aleppo. They were killed minutes earlier by heavy shelling from the Syrian Army against a bakery in the residential area of Tariq Al-Bab in central Aleppo. At least 12 people have died and more the 20 got injured during the attack...The Syrian Army have in the past week increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 10, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: People give assistance to a child, injured minutes earlier by heavy shelling from the Syrian Army against a bakery in the residential area of Tariq Al-Bab in central Aleppo. At least 12 people have died and more the 20 got injured during the attack...The Syrian Army have in the past week increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 10, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: Nurses give assistance to people, injured minutes earlier by heavy shelling from the Syrian Army against a bakery in the residential area of Tariq Al-Bab in central Aleppo. At least 12 people have died and more the 20 got injured during the attack.<br />
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The Syrian Army have in the past week increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 10, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A nurse gives assistance to a man, injured minutes earlier by heavy shelling from the Syrian Army against a bakery in the residential area of Tariq Al-Bab in central Aleppo. At least 12 people have died and more the 20 got injured during the attack...The Syrian Army have in the past week increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 10, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A syrian woman reacts in shock to the death of a family member, killed minutes after heavy shelling from the Syrian Army against a bakery in the residential area of Tariq Al-Bab in central Aleppo. At least 12 people have died and more the 20 got injured during the attack...The Syrian Army have in the past week increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 09, 2012 - Marea, Aleppo, Syria: Family members and friends mourn the death of Housin Al Ali, a 28 year old Free Syria Army fighter killed in combat in Alepo's Salehedine neighborhood...The Syrian army and the FSA have in the past week exchanged heavy fire in a battle for the control of Syria's economic capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 14, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: View of the damaged faced of a local hospital in Tariq Al-Bab neighborhood in central Aleppo. The Syrian Army have in the past ten days increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 10, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: Local people access the damage of their residential building cause by Syrian Army bombardments in Haneno neighborhood in central Aleppo...The Syrian Army have in the past week increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 09, 2012 - Marea, Aleppo, Syria: Family members and friends mourn the death of Housin Al Ali, a 28 year old Free Syria Army fighter killed in combat in Alepo's Salehedine neighborhood...The Syrian army and the FSA have in the past week exchanged heavy fire in a battle for the control of Syria's economic capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 09, 2012 - Marea, Aleppo, Syria: Family members and friends mourn the death of Housin Al Ali, a 28 year old Free Syria Army fighter killed in combat in Alepo's Salehedine neighborhood...The Syrian army and the FSA have in the past week exchanged heavy fire in a battle for the control of Syria's economic capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 09, 2012 - Marea, Aleppo, Syria: Local men mourn the death of Housin Al Ali and Omam Kassam, two Free Syria Army fighters killed in combat in Alepo's Salehedine neighborhood...The Syrian army and the FSA have in the past week exchanged heavy fire in a battle for the control of Syria's economic capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 09, 2012 - Marea, Aleppo, Syria: Local men pray during the funeral of Housin Al Ali and Omam Kassam, two Free Syria Army fighters killed in combat in Alepo's Salehedine neighborhood...The Syrian army and the FSA have in the past week exchanged heavy fire in a battle for the control of Syria's economic capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 14, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A local resident passes over a picture of the president Bashar Al-Assad in Babal Nassar neighborhood in Aleppo's old city. The Syrian Army have in the past ten days increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 18, 2012 - Marea, Aleppo, Syria: A recently created rebel militia (katiba) trains for the first time in the village of Marea. The katiba is called Ibnu Walid, was created by the local Sheik, Abu Mariam and incorporates 25 fighters. The Katiba intend to be an elite group to perform guerrilla style operations against syrian army troops in the province of Aleppo.
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  • August 14, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A Free Syria Army fighter orders a local resident to proceed in a rebel checkpoint in Babal Nassar neighborhood in Aleppo's old city. The Syrian Army have in the past ten days increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 09, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A group of Free Syria Army (FSA) fighters leave their headquarters in Haneno neighborhood, to join their comrades on the frontline at Salehedine...The Syrian army and the FSA have in the past week exchanged heavy fire in a battle for the control of Syria's economic capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 14, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A Free Syria Army (FSA) fighter prepares to head to the frontline in Aleppo's old city. The Syrian Army have in the past ten days increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 11, 2012 - Tarafat, Aleppo, Syria: View of the destroyed Jamal-Jamal school in Tarafat village, near Aleppo. The Syrian Army warplanes have recently bombed residential areas and the only two schools in the village, with 200 kilogram bombs.
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  • August 24, 2012 - Marea, Aleppo, Syria: Sheik Abu Mariam, commander of the recently created rebel militia Ibnu Walid, meets with some volunteer fighters in the village of Marea. The militia incorporates 25 fighters and has the intent to be an elite group to perform guerrilla style operations against syrian army troops in the province of Aleppo.
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  • August 14, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A Free Syria Army (FSA) fighter prepares to head to the frontline in Aleppo's old city. The Syrian Army have in the past ten days increased their attacks on residential neighborhoods where Free Syria Army rebel fights have their positions in Syria's commercial capital, Aleppo.
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  • August 11, 2012 - Tarafat, Aleppo, Syria: Locals walk by the market area of Azaz.
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