Aleppo, Syria
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Aleppo in Syria had 4.6 million in 2010. Aleppo was the largest Syrian city before the War; however, now Aleppo is probably the second-largest city in Syria after the capital Damascus (with less than 2 million).
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Today’s image was taken in June 2016, at the height of the war., during the so-called “Aleppo summer campaign”, which started with a military operation launched on the northern outskirts of Aleppo in June 2016, by the Syrian Arab Army. Note that there are virtually no cars or people in this image.
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The large-scale devastation of the battle and its importance led combatants to name it the “mother of battles” or “Syria’s Stalingrad”. The battle was marked by widespread violence against civilians, alleged repeated targeting of hospitals and schools (mostly by pro-government Air Forces and to a lesser extent by the rebels), and indiscriminate aerial strikes and shelling against civilian areas. It was also marked by the inability of the international community to resolve the conflict peacefully. The UN special envoy to Syria proposed to end the battle by giving East Aleppo autonomy, but the idea was rejected by the Syrian government. Hundreds of thousands of residents were displaced by the fighting and efforts to provide aid to civilians or facilitate evacuation were routinely disrupted by continued combat and mistrust between the opposing sides.
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