Syria: Children of Aleppo bear brunt of violent onslaught
1 Oct 2016 1:44 PM IST1 Oct 2016 1:44 PM IST
Nearly 100 children were killed in a single week in Aleppo as Syrian and Russian warplanes sought to bombard eastern districts of the city.
Nearly 100 children were killed in a single week in Aleppo as Syrian and Russian warplanes sought to bombard into submission the rebel eastern districts of the city that have held out against Syrian government forces for five years. (Photo: AP)- A rescuer carries the body of a child after air strikes hit al-Shaar neighborhood in Aleppo. Medics say the death toll among children and other residents may be far higher than reported, since some families bury their dead without taking them to hospitals or morgues.
- Syrian man carrying a girl away from the rubble of a destroyed building after barrel bombs were dropped on the Bab al-Nairab neighborhood in Aleppo. Powerful bombs used to crush tunnels or bunkers used by rebel fighters also threaten the underground shelters where civilians take refuge and where children go to school.
- 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh sits in an ambulance after being pulled out or a building hit by an air stirke, in Aleppo. Only 30 doctors remain in opposition-held neighborhoods: One physician for every 10,000 people, compared to a peacetime standard of one for every 1,000, Touma said.
- Children peer from a partially destroyed home in Aleppo. Wounded children are often left untreated, sometimes to die, in Aleppo's overwhelmed hospitals.
- Syrian boys dive into a hole filled with water that was caused by a missile attack in the rebel-held neighborhood of Sheikh Saeed.
- A nurse treating a boy suffering from breathing difficulties inside a hospital. Parents desperately struggling to keep their families safe fear the threat of an imminent ground offensive.
- A Syrian man holding a girl as he stands on the rubble of houses that were destroyed by Syrian government forces air strikes in Aleppo.
- Nearly 300,000 people including 100,000 children are trapped in Aleppo's rebel-held eastern districts.
- Syrian Civil Defense worker carries the survived child Ghazal Akhtarini. At least 96 children are among the 320 people killed in Aleppo since a cease-fire collapsed on Sept. 19, according to UNICEF, as Syrian and Russian warplanes barrage the city's eastern opposition neighborhoods.
Nearly 100 children were killed in a single week in Aleppo as Syrian and Russian warplanes sought to bombard into submission the rebel eastern districts of the city that have held out against Syrian government forces for five years. (Photo: AP)
Nearly 100 children were killed in a single week in Aleppo as Syrian and Russian warplanes sought to bombard eastern districts of the city.
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