Thursday, September 29, 2016

Devastation in Aleppo - in pictures

Over the course of another violent week in Aleppo nearly 400 people have been killed and hundreds more injured as forces loyal to the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, prepare to reclaim the opposition-held east of the city with a ground offensive

 The Guardian

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  • Drone footage shows a cemetery surrounded by damaged buildings in a rebel-held area of Aleppo


  • Smoke rises from a building after an airstrike over the Meshed neighbourhood of Aleppo
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    Smoke rises from a building after a Russian jet carried out airstrike over Meshed neighborhood of Aleppo


  • Another drone view showing people standing near craters and damaged buildings
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    People standing near craters and damaged buildings


  • A man rides a bicycle past damaged buildings in the rebel-held Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood
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    A man rides a bicycle past damaged buildings in the rebel-held Tariq al-Bab neighborhood


  • People dig in the rubble in a search for survivors after an airstrike
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    People dig in the rubble in a search for survivors after an airstrike


  • A boy on a bicycle in front of damaged shops in the al-Qaterji neighbourhood
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    A boy sits on a bicycle in front of damaged shops in the al-Qaterji neighbourhood


  • A man walks across the rubble of damaged buildings
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    A man walks on the rubble of damaged buildings


  • Smoke rises after a thread factory was hit during an airstrike in the al-Qasimiye area
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    Smoke rises after Russian airstrikes hit a thread factory in al-Qasimiye


  • A devastated street
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    A devastated street


  • A wounded boy receives medical treatment at a field hospital
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    A wounded boy receives medical treatment at a field hospital


  • Swings in the middle of an area damaged by airstrikes
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    Swings are seen in a damaged site after airstrikes


  • People inspect the debris of a building
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    People inspect the debris of a building


  • A man carries the body of an infant retrieved from under the rubble of a building following a reported airstrike on the al-Muasalat area
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    A man carries the body of an infant retrieved from under the rubble of a building following a reported airstrike on the al-Muasalat area


  • A family leaves the area after an airstrike
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    A family leaves the area following an airstrike


  • Syrians pass the body of child found under the rubble of a building
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    Syrians pass the body of child after digging it out from under the rubble of a building


  • People inspect a damaged site
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    People inspect a damaged site


  • Rubble in the al-Qaterji neighbourhood
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    Rubble in the al-Qaterji neighbourhood


  • A member of the White Helmets, a volunteer rescue group, in the debris of buildings
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    A member of the White Helmets in the debris of buildings


  • Aleppo’s citadel seen from the Farafira district
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    Aleppo’s citadel is seen through destruction in the Farafira district


  • Medics inspect the damage outside a field hospital after an airstrike in the rebel-held al-Maadi neighbourhood
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    Medics inspect the damage outside a field hospital after an airstrike in the rebel-held al-Maadi neighbourhood

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