Aleppo: Assad's warplanes spoil people's joy as they prepare for Christmas (Video)

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Residents of Al-Aziziyah neighborhood in Aleppo city decorate the Christmas tree amidst a state of relative calm and stability, reflected by the treatment of the armed factions, which have confirmed since entering the northern city, with its sectarian and ethnic diversity, their respect for and protection of all religious rituals and rites. A gesture that local activists saw as an indication of the soft power used by the factions in the face of a torrent of media warfare and smear campaigns. 

The two young people, who were met by Zaman al-Wasl reporter Anwar Abdul Latif expressed their fear of the bombing by Syrian and Russian warplanes, but they expressed their keenness to complete the preparations for Christmas and go about their lives normally as they were accustomed to.

Mary hoped that airstrikes would slow down .

Opposition forces swept into the city of Aleppo, east of Idlib province, on Friday night, forcing the army to redeploy in the biggest challenge to President Bashar al-Assad in years.

 

Aleppo had been firmly held by the government since a 2016 victory there, one of the war’s major turning points, when Russian-backed Syrian forces besieged and laid waste to opposition-held eastern areas of what had been the country’s largest city.