A heavy firefight has broken out between Free Syrian Army rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in a main district of the capital Damascus, Reuters news agency reported.
The sound of heavy machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades on Monday echoed throughout the night from the western neighbourhood of al-Mezze, one of the most heavily guarded areas of the capital and home to several security installations, residents told the agency by telephone.
The latest fighting came a day after a car bomb in Syria's second biggest city of Aleppo killed at least three people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said.
Residents told the UK-based rights group that they saw bodies in the streets after Sunday’s blast close to a state security office.
State news channel Syria TV said that Sunday's "terrorist" explosion took place between two residential buildings in the al-Suleimaniya district, behind a post office.
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr, reporting from neighbouring Lebanon, said it is not the first time Aleppo was hit during the now year-long uprising against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.
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