More than 250,000 people are trapped in east Aleppo as bombardment continues. All hospitals have been shuttered so there are no facilities to treat the hundreds wounded
The city has been the victim of constant fighting throughout the Syrian conflict, and now the violence is coming to a head as the Syrian government and Russia try to crush rebels with a final blow. But civilians are trapped in the crossfires with no escape and now, no access to medical care.
And the fighting continues to wreak indescribable carnage.
“I don’t think in all my years of doing this I’ve seen such dreadful pictures of injuries, of people lying on the floor in an emergency room, the dead mixed with the living,” David Nott, a surgeon with decades of experience working in war zones, who is currently supporting doctors in Aleppo, told The Guardian.
But with all sides unwilling to cease the fighting, hope is looking grim. Syrian civilians and online supporters have turned to social media in desperate hope of raising awareness about the suffering.