So too did the few remaining residents of east Aleppo. And once through it, the devastation of east Aleppo was almost overwhelming. The cobblestoned roads were almost a safe zone for fighters and the remaining residents of east Aleppo. East Aleppo had no electricity and little running water. It has been all but impossible to reach east Aleppo in the year and a half since, a time in which the divided city’s agony has grown even worse.

Source: The Guardian October 12, 2016 16:17 UTC