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DAMASCUS, July 8 (Xinhua) -- At least 17 people were killed and 140 others wounded on Friday when rebel mortar shells struck districts in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, Syrian national TV said.
The shells landed on residential areas in the government controlled parts of western Aleppo, said the report.
The attack came as a truce declared by the government unilaterally is to end after midnight Friday.
Government troops are very close to cutting off the Castello road, the only supply route connecting the rebel-held areas in the northern countryside of Aleppo province and the eastern part of Aleppo city.
Aleppo, located near the borders with Turkey, is Syria's largest city and once an economic hub. It has been a focal point of clashes between the Syrian army and the rebels.
