The Syrian army continued its attacks on rebel positions in the northern city of Aleppo with heavy shelling and helicopter gunships.
Syrian Rebels, Assad Forces Clash in Aleppo
![Free Syrian Army fighters fire their rifles during clashes with Syrian Army soldiers in the Salah al- Din neighbourhood of central Aleppo August 5, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/244e8c49-cf9f-49a1-8cda-1eac4569a515_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Free Syrian Army fighters fire their rifles during clashes with Syrian Army soldiers in the Salah al- Din neighbourhood of central Aleppo August 5, 2012.
![Free Syrian Army fighter holds a RPG launcher during clashes with Syrian Army in the Salah al- Din neighbourhood of central Aleppo August 5, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bc0b5930-0c44-4511-9004-2af50145488a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Free Syrian Army fighter holds a RPG launcher during clashes with Syrian Army in the Salah al- Din neighbourhood of central Aleppo August 5, 2012.
![This image map provides an overview of the activity seen in Aleppo from July 23, 2012 to August 1, 2012 (base image collected on July 29, 2012).](https://gdb.voanews.com/cc0b9b25-86f4-4521-96f5-2edf16f56fb4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This image map provides an overview of the activity seen in Aleppo from July 23, 2012 to August 1, 2012 (base image collected on July 29, 2012).
![More than 600 probable artillery impact craters, represented here with yellow dots, were identified in Anadan, in the vicinity of Aleppo.](https://gdb.voanews.com/188d482d-2231-448c-aadf-de4cf920e65d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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More than 600 probable artillery impact craters, represented here with yellow dots, were identified in Anadan, in the vicinity of Aleppo.