People in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo celebrate during a color festival on Friday. Video: Ruptly
People in Aleppo took to the streets this weekend — not to protest or to flee or to fight, but to hold the first ‘I Love Aleppo’ colour festival.
Aleppo, the industrial province of Syria, underwent four years of hardship. The city initially traded hands between different opposition and extremist groups, leaving the city’s people to witness the infighting between the once-allied Nusra Front and ISIS.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's campaign, with the Russian intervention, intensified. Throughout the carpet bombing campaign, the city was almost fully destroyed.
Turkey in what it claims has an agreement with Russia cut support for rebels; the last supply lines have been cut, pushing the rebels to withdraw towards Turkish controlled zones.
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