Aleppo, Syria
A mother and daughter wait to be transferred to a different hospital, after receiving treatment at a clinic in central Aleppo. They were injured along with another infant when shrapnel from a regime jet—which fired on the road they were traveling along—hit their vehicle.
In July, the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) entered Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and commercial capital. Rebel-held neighborhoods, initially in southwest Aleppo and later throughout the city, became battlefields, as government forces attempted to regain control.
Both rebel and regime forces deployed snipers, and the national army made use of heavy artillery and air power to bombard occupied areas. A UN-brokered ceasefire in late October was not honored by either side, and casualties rose steeply in November.
En juillet, l’Armée de Libération Syrienne (ALS) entre à Alep, plus grande ville et capitale commerciale syrienne. Les quartiers aux mains des rebelles, d’abord dans le sud-ouest puis dans tout Alep, deviennent des champs de bataille quand les forces du régime tentent de reprendre le contrôle. Les rebelles et les forces du régime ont recours à des tireurs isolés. L’armée nationale utilise l’artillerie lourde et la force aérienne pour bombarder les zones occupées. Les deux camps ignorent un cessez-le-feu de l’ONU de fin octobre et le nombre de victimes monte en flèche en novembre.
