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Razed to the ground: Aleppo battle ends after years of bloodshed

A commander with the Jabha Shamiya rebel group said that Aleppo was a moral victory for the insurgents.

By :  sadhguru jaggi vasudev
Update: 2016-12-14 06:52 GMT
Rebel resistance in the Syrian city of Aleppo ended after years of fighting and months of bitter siege and bombardment that culminated in a bloody retreat, as insurgents agreed to withdraw in a ceasefire.
A Syrian soldier carries a wounded woman in eastern Aleppo, Syria.
Syrians leave a rebel-held area of Aleppo towards the government-held side during an operation by Syrian government forces to retake the embattled city.
A Syrian army soldier places a Syrian national flag during a battle with rebel fighters at the Ramouseh front line, east of Aleppo, Syria.
A child cooks in the streets of a rebel-held area of the city of Aleppo, where at least 62 children have been killed since mid-November.
Syrian troops and pro-government gunmen marching walk inside the destroyed Grand Umayyad mosque in the old city of Aleppo, Syria.
Syrian troops and pro-government gunmen marching walk inside the destroyed Grand Umayyad mosque in the old city of Aleppo, Syria.
Syrian troops and pro-government gunmen marching through the streets of east Aleppo, Syria.
More than 130,000 civilians have fled eastern parts of Aleppo since the start of the regime's offensive in mid-November, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
A commander with the Jabha Shamiya rebel group said that Aleppo was a moral victory for the insurgents.

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