Aleppo Gripped By Barrel Bomb Fears -- BBC
A BBC team has witnessed the devastating effects of air bombardment on Syrian civilians after gaining rare access to rebel-held areas of Aleppo.
Emergency rescue teams told the BBC the city was living in "danger and fear".
Thousands of people are reported to have been killed or maimed in a campaign of aerial bombardment in northern Syria this year.
Ian Pannell and cameraman Darren Conway were the first Western broadcasters in rebel-held Aleppo this year.
Um Yahya wept. With two small children at her side, the young mother was standing in what until that morning had been her home. It was now a wreck: a tangle of rubble and cables and dust, with half the ceiling missing and parts of the building completely razed.
"My husband was sitting at breakfast. We heard the first blast: it sounded far away. But I asked him to go and get the kids off the street. And suddenly it hit us."
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My Comment: If anyone still has any doubts that the Syrian regime is pursuing a strategy to terrorize and annihilate their opponents .... this report is just another one to dispel it.
Update: Another "civil war in Syria" depressing read .... Day 1,138: A new week after a grim weekend -- Global Post
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