After this, the focus shifted to the battle for control of Aleppo.[105] On 25 July, multiple sources reported that the Assad government was using fighter jets to attack rebel positions in Aleppo and Damascus,[106] and on 1 August, UN observers in Syria witnessed government fighter jets firing on rebels in Aleppo.[107] In early August, the Syrian Army recaptured Salaheddin district, an important rebel stronghold in Aleppo.