One Man’s View Into the Last Days in Rebel-Held Aleppo
This article was published the 13th December 2016 by New York Times.
The article talks about the violence in Aleppo, Mr. Zarqa shared images of injured people fleeing violence in the besieged areas.
He has been a regular contributor of audio, video, and text messages to a WhatsApp group that activists, doctors and others use to share information and opinions with journalists covering the Syrian war.
Some of the messages showed Mr. Zaqra’s attempts to move on with life, despite the war.
But more often than not, his messages are grim. Last Friday, Mr. Zarqa shared a number of audio clips of renewed clashes and of what he said were warplanes dropping bombs near his home.
Several people in the messaging group expressed fear of being killed or arrested by the government if they left the besieged area. Most of the messages showed scenes of destruction, despair and violence.
Over the past week, Mr. Zarqa has remained optimistic that somehow he would be able to stay in the city, even as forces loyal to the Syrian government continued to gain territory. Last week, he shared a photo of a sweater dress that his wife was knitting for the baby girl of a friend.
On Tuesday, Russia declared the battle over, but on Wednesday shelling resumed, and a promised evacuation of the remaining fighters and their families had not begun.
Ainhoa Escudero Campos and Pepe Romero Zapata.
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