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    More than 10,000 flee Aleppo since midnight

    AFP - Fierce fighting and heavy bombardment saw more than 10,000 people flee rebel-held areas of the battleground Syrian city of Aleppo since midnight, a monitoring group said on Sunday.

    "More than 10,000 people have fled remaining rebel-held southeastern districts of Aleppo city since midnight due to heavy fighting and bombardment," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.