DAMASCUS: Syrian government has rejected a UN proposal to end heavy fighting in Aleppo city.
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Under the U.N. proposal, the Damascus government would allow rebel-held eastern Aleppo to be governed by a local administration if jihadists fighting alongside rebels leave the city.
In a meeting with the UN envoy to Syria, Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem, called the idea a violation of "national sovereignty".