(CNN)Groups fighting the Syrian regime in Aleppo on Sunday intensified attacks on the government-controlled western section of the city.
Jaish al Fateh, an umbrella group that includes multiple rebel and Islamist factions, issued a statement Sunday declaring "military zones" in several neighborhoods in western Aleppo, the Aleppo Media Center, or AMC, activist group said.
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Regime forces have fought back with intense shelling of opposition positions in an effort to regain the lost territory, according to SOHR. A powerful explosion was heard in the western part of the city on Sunday, SOHR said. The AMC said the explosion was caused by a car bomb sent by opposition fighters. CNN has been unable to independently confirm this information with residents because of an Internet outage in western Aleppo. SANA, the state-supported Syrian Arab News Agency, quoted a military source who said Saturday that the government forces had established full control over the town of Minian
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