In besieged Aleppo, residents show resilience. But the end nears.

BEIRUT -- “Did you hear? Airstrikes. Not far,” Marea Marea said calmly during a recent interview over Skype. The 70-year-old Syrian grandfather was speaking from his home in rebel-controlled eastern Aleppo as bombs exploded nearby. Despite the weak Internet connection, I could hear the booms in the background. Friends and family members of Marea’s have […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/12/01/in-besieged-aleppo-residents-show-resilience-but-the-end-nears/