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		</div><p>Fierce fighting has broken out around the Syrian city of Aleppo after rebels launched a large-scale offensive to break the government&#8217;s siege of opposition-held areas.</p>
<p>A reporter inside the city on the pro-government Mayadeen TV channel reported attacks on &#8220;all sides&#8221; of the city, <i>&#8220;from the furthest points north to furthest south&#8221;.</i></p>
<p>Sounds of heavy gunfire, mortar fire and explosions were heard in the background of his broadcast. Dark smoke was seen rising above the city on the overcast morning.</p>
<p>Presumed government or Russian jets were also heard flying overhead. The reporter said they were targeting rebel positions.</p>
<p>The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said rebels detonated two car bombs at government positions to the city&#8217;s south west and attacked with hundreds of rockets.</p>
<p>It said at least one of the vehicles was driven by a suicide bomber for the al Qaida-linked Fatah al-Sham Front.</p>
<p>Aleppo is the focal point of the six-year war, with president Bashar Assad determined to retake the country&#8217;s largest city and former commercial capital.</p>
<p>The government has maintained a siege on rebel-held eastern quarters since September. The UN estimates 275,000 people are trapped inside with dwindling supplies of food and medicine.</p>
<p>The Islamic Front rebel coalition announced on Twitter that the ultra-conservative Ahrar al-Sham group targeted a military airport to the east of the city with Grad rockets and destroyed a government position to the west of the city.</p>
<p>Ammar Sakkar, military spokesman for the Fastaqim faction inside the city, said: <i>&#8220;All the revolutionary factions, without exception, are participating in the battle.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>This is the second attempt by rebels to break the government&#8217;s siege. They opened a corridor to the east for the month of August after pro-government forces first applied a blockade in July.</p>
<p>Rebels launched the offensive as the Russian, Syrian, and Iranian foreign ministers met in Moscow. Iran and Russia are Assad&#8217;s main backers and have committed air power, ground forces and military advisers to the war.</p>
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