Sheer terror and unbearable suffering has forced many civilians in Aleppo to eke out an existence underground to escape the relentless aerial bombardment of opposition-held areas by government forces, according to a new report published by Amnesty International today.
Amnesty International commissioned the following images in early April 2015, to show the extent of the damage to civilian areas of the city, and the measures civilians are taking to escape the violence.
Read the report:
The aftermath of an air strike on Al-Fardous neighbourhood, 2 April 2015.
Victims of an air strike in al-Fardous neighbourhood are helped into an ambulance, 2 April 2015.
Civilians flee from the site of an air strike in Ma'adi neighbourhood, 11 April 2015.
Civilians in Aleppo's Al-Fardous neighbourhood have a palpable fear of the Syrian regime’s planes hovering above
A hallway in Ain Jalut school, which was damaged in a missile attack on 30 April 2014. Photo taken on the day of the attack.
Al-Amal school in Masaken Hanano neighbourhood, 31 March 2015.
This underground playground in the opposition-controlled area of Aleppo city was established in late 2014 to provide private care for children orphaned by the conflict, 6 April 2015.
A nurse in al-Bayan hospital takes a radiograph of an injured patient's foot, 5 April 2015.
A child drinks spring water exposed following a missile attack on Qalaseh neighbourhood in Aleppo, 1 September 2014. Civilians in Aleppo face severe shortages in essential services such as electricity and water, as well as appalling sanitary conditions, with rubbish and sewage clogging the streets.
Buses are lifted vertically by opposition forces to shield a residential neighbourhood in Bustan Al-Qasr from sniper fire.
A survivor of an airstrike on Ma'adi neighbourhood, 11 July 2014.
Salah al-Din neighbourhood, 3 April 2014.
Ibrahim al-Khalil mosque, Tareeq al-Bab neighbourhood, 5 April 2014.
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