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Rebels launched an offensive aimed at breaking the government’s siege of eastern Aleppo on Sunday, where the United Nations estimates 300,000 people are trapped with dwindling food and medical supplies.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said rebels and pro-government forces were clashing along several fronts on the outskirts of the divided city.

The city of Munich paid tribute Sunday to the victims of the July 22 shooting in which nine people were killed with a church service attended by Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Joachim Gauck.

The man came from the direction of Nablus and was running toward troops with a knife in his hand when he was gunned down, the military said.

Since mid-September, Palestinians have carried out dozens of stabbings, shootings and attacks against civilians and security forces, killing 34 Israelis and two visiting Americans.

All 20 gunmen inside a police compound in Armenia’s capital of Yerevan surrendered Sunday, ending a two-week standoff that left two police officers dead and several wounded on both sides, the security service said.

A spokesman of the gunmen barricaded inside the compound, Varuzhan Avetisyan, said they decided to surrender after security forces used armored vehicles to enter the compound.