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thousands of civilians continue to flee the city. fatma, a doctor who didn't want to be fully identified, escaped aleppo and says the city is critically short of medical supplies. a few miles away, mustafa suleiman, a vegetable merchant, said the syrian government isn't just attacking aleppo but shelling towns around it to cut off the rebels' movement. so you were just eating in your house and then a big explosion? they were having dinner, he says. in towns all around aleppo, rebels are now setting up defensive positions in case they're attacked next. here, they've set up a barricade on a main road. it wouldn't stop a tank invasion, but at least might slow it down. the rebels are preparing, now armed with weapons that can counter assad's feared air force. the u.n. general assembly meets to discuss syria tomorrow. on the agenda, a draft resolution from middle east neighbor saudi arabia expressing concern over syria's reported

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