As Aleppo offensive continues fears rise over a new exodus of refugees |Aleppo |Assad |Syria
20.10.2015 - 17:58
One of the jewels of the ancient world, Aleppo, is facing catastrophe as the forces of Bashar al-Assad and his Hezbollah, Iranian and Russian allies close in on the rebel-held southern and eastern sectors of the city For thousands of years Aleppo has been a vibrant commercial crossroads, but much of it now lies in ruins, and the people there who have not fled already are starting to stream out, raising the prospect of a new wave of refugees knocking on Europe’s door for sanctuary. Some 3000 families have left in the last few days according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.