11:30 a.m.
Syrian opposition activists say the northern city of Aleppo is mostly
calm after days of intense shelling and airstrikes that killed dozens.
The carnage has propelled the city — contested since the summer of 2012
when opposition fighters stormed it and took over several neighborhoods —
once again as a main battlefield in Syria's devastating civil war.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says there has
been no major fighting or violence inside Aleppo since early Friday
morning. The Observatory says a week of bombardments and air raids
killed 123 people in rebel-held parts of the city and 71 and
government-held areas.
An activist based in the city says the bombardment slowed down to a halt
after midnight. He spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing for his
safety.
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