For the last three months, forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been dropping steel barrels packed with explosives and shrapnel on various rebel-held areas, including parts of the country's largest city of Aleppo.
The result: Apartment buildings, schools, hospitals, and countless civilian lives have been indiscriminately obliterated as Syrian forces advance and America fecklessly calls for diplomacy.
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After the bombs drop, the frantic search for survivors begins.
Most of the time, what's found are bodies ...
Sometimes, miracles happen.
But even then the survivors are scarred for life.
The civilians also must continue living in a place where their president is killing them on a mass scale.
Even though the city, which used to be Syria's commercial hub, is turning into a hellscape.
Assad is also employing starvation: This Photo Of Refugees In Syria Lining Up To Get Food Aid Is Unbelievable