SYRIA: Demonstrators gather in Aleppo's commercial hub to protest against the Assad regime, despite the violence gripping the Syrian city

Record ID: 281232

  • Title: SYRIA: Demonstrators gather in Aleppo's commercial hub to protest against the Assad regime, despite the violence gripping the Syrian city
  • Date: 2nd August 2012
  • Summary: YOUNG BOYS IN CROWD OF DEMONSTRATORS
  • Embargoed: 17th August 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Syrian Arab Republic
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: Conflict,Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA75V09GO45T474GRN6NKDA6VN1
  • Story Text: Anti-Assad protesters took to the streets of Aleppo late on Wednesday (August 1), despite the ongoing battle for control of Syria's largest city.
    Young boys were among the crowd, which gathered in Aleppo's commercial hub after the day's shelling had died down.
    More than a week of fighting has turned much of Aleppo into a dusty ghost city, with shops shuttered, streets empty of traffic and local people mostly gone.
    Government forces have pounded the city from the air and with heavy artillery, attempting to break the rebel hold on key areas but Free Syrian Army fighters have mounted a fierce resistance.
    On Thursday (August 2) rebels turned the gun of a captured tank against government forces, shelling a military airbase expected to be used as a staging post for army reinforcements in the battle for Aleppo.
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  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: Footage contains identifiable children: users must ensure that they comply with local laws and regulations governing the publishing of this material.
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