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'Intense' strikes pound east after rebel assault: monitor

Syrian warplanes launched dozens of airstrikes on Jobar, a rebel-held district of Damascus, on March 19, 2017

"There have been intense air strikes since dawn on opposition-held positions in Jobar from which the offensive was launched," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

"The government and allied forces have retaken the initiative and are striking the groups that launched yesterday's assault," he added.

Rebels and allied jihadists, led by former Al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front, launched an attack early Sunday on government positions in the eastern district of Jobar before advancing into the neighbouring Abbasid Square area.

It was the first time rebels had penetrated the Abbasid Square neighbourhood in two years, but government forces had forced them back by nightfall.

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AFP correspondents in eastern Damascus could hear warplanes circling above the city on Monday morning and said activity in Abbasid Square was returning to normal levels.

Abdel Rahman did not have an immediate toll for Monday's strikes and could not specify whether the raids were carried out by Syrian government warplanes or allied Russian aircraft.

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