There is no electricity in the rebel-held portion of eastern Aleppo, and the warplanes flying overhead target any light piercing the blackness beneath. Still, they keep raining down, with new bunker-buster bombs designed to be used against military installations blasting apartment buildings that house families. They are also scared,” said Maher Saqqur, a surgeon who has been advising the doctors in Aleppo over Skype from his clinic in Canada. The White Helmets civil defense teams sometimes intercept the communications of pilots in the planes flying overhead, said Ismail Abdullah, a White Helmets volunteer in Aleppo. The White Helmets have won international acclaim and prizes for their courage.

Source: National Post September 29, 2016 12:33 UTC