DiscoverNews.Mic – Spoken EditionPeople are sending heartbreaking goodbye messages as Assad-backed forces seize Aleppo
People are sending heartbreaking goodbye messages as Assad-backed forces seize Aleppo

People are sending heartbreaking goodbye messages as Assad-backed forces seize Aleppo

Update: 2016-12-15
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The Syrian Army has all but wiped out rebel forces in Aleppo, having claimed 99% of the city after relentless bombardment by Russian airstrikes and pro-government troops on the ground Monday. According to a Tuesday morning press briefing from spokespeople for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces killed at least 82 civilians, 11 of whom were women and 13 of whom were children. According to the BBC, these people were "shot on sight.
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People are sending heartbreaking goodbye messages as Assad-backed forces seize Aleppo

People are sending heartbreaking goodbye messages as Assad-backed forces seize Aleppo