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Syria: Aleppo is nail in Assad's coffin, says Panetta [View all]
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's assault on the city of Aleppo will be "a nail in his coffin".
Mr Panetta was speaking at the start of a five-day Middle East tour.
Heavy fighting is continuing in Syria's largest city where government forces are trying to oust rebel fighters.
UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said 200,000 people had fled the fighting in Aleppo and that an unknown number were trapped.
She said that the city urgently needed supplies including food and water.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19043654
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