Thursday, December 1, 2016

In Syria’s Aleppo, there’s no way of counting the dead

In Syria's Aleppo, there's no way of counting the dead

BEIRUT — It's too dangerous to bury east Aleppo’s dead in the daylight. So when night falls, an imam slips out to the latest mass grave, conducting the briskest of rites and thanking God that the skies have stayed silent. With President Bashar al-Assad's warplanes circling and ground troops closing in, Aleppo’s rebel-run districts are […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/12/01/in-syrias-aleppo-theres-no-way-of-counting-the-dead/

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