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Syria warplane hits Damascus as rebels say killed general

A Syrian fighter jet hit targets inside Damascus for the first time on Tuesday, a watchdog said, as air strikes pounded rebel bastions around the country and an air force general was shot dead.

A van loaded with household goods flees a district close to the front line between Syrian rebels and pro-government troops in the city of Aleppo.

It dropped four bombs on the east Damascus neighbourhood of Jobar, near the opposition-held suburb of Zamalka, where rebel fighters were locked in fierce clashes with the army, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

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