In pictures: A short walk in one Aleppo neighbourhood

In pictures: A short walk in one Aleppo neighbourhood
Blog: The suburb of Urum al-Kubra, where the UN aid convoy was destroyed, has been hit hard by airstrikes.
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Zouhir al-Shimale

01 Oct, 2016
The Urum al-Kubra neighbourhood of Aleppo has long been a focus of airstrikes, barrel bombs and other attacks by forces alllied to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

In late September, it was here that a UN convoy of 31 trucks carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid to the city which has been siege for months was destroyed.

But a short walk around the formerly residential district shows how widespread the devastation has been over the past five years of war. 

The pictures speak for themselves:

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Photos by Zouhir al-Shimale. Follow him on Twitter: @Zouhir_AlShimale


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