Dozens killed in Aleppo battle
BEIRUT, May 4 (Reuters) - Dozens of people were killed in a day-long battle between Syrian rebels and government forces in western Aleppo that was still going on intermittently on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and combatant sources on both sides said.
The combatant sources gave conflicting accounts of the outcome of the battle that began early on Tuesday in and around the Jamiyat al-Zahraa area of western Aleppo. A rebel said insurgents had managed to take some ground from the government side, while the army said the attack was repelled. (Reporting by Tom Perry/Suleiman al-Khalidi; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
