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From December 2015 to December 2016, this is what Aleppo has looked like from the inside. WARNING: The following post contains photos some may find distressing.
Civilians and rescue workers remove a toddler and search for other victims amid the rubble of a building following a reported airstrike by Syrian government forces on the Sukkari neighborhood. Dec. 7, 2015.
Syrian White Helmets carry a dead body at a site hit by what activists said were airstrikes by regime forces. Dec. 25, 2015.
A boy stands near a wall of his school riddled with holes from an airstrike carried out by the Russian planes in the town of Injara in the Aleppo countryside. Jan. 12, 2016.
Customers rest after taking a steam bath at al-Salhiyeh traditional hammam, at a rebel-controlled area in the old city. Jan. 26, 2016.
New rebel recruits take part in a training session with opposition fighters. Feb. 16, 2016.
Syrian government forces remove an ISIS flag and replace it with a Syrian flag at a thermal power plant after retaking control of the area, on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo. Feb. 21, 2016.
Rescue workers and residents try to pull a man out from under the rubble of a building following a reported airstrike on the rebel-held neighborhood of Salhin. March 11, 2016.
Aleppo residents take part in a rally marking the fifth anniversary of the revolution against the Assad regime. March 15, 2016.
A family runs for cover amid the rubble following an airstrike on the rebel-held neighborhood of Al-Qatarji. April 29, 2016.
"Aleppo is burning," a sign reads on a wall in the rebel-held part of the city. April 29, 2016.
Children attend a class at a primary school in Aleppo's rebel-held eastern district of Shaar. Schools reopened in a rebel-held district of the city after a truce was extended by 72 hours. May 7, 2016.
Damaged buildings in a government-controlled district. May 21, 2016.
People salvage goods from an aid convoy that was damaged during an airstrike in the al-Sakhour district, which was controlled by the rebels. June 4, 2016.
Malek Barghout (second left) mourns the death of his father, who was killed earlier in the day following a reported airstrike by Syrian government forces on the rebel-held neighborhood of al-Sakhour as he was volunteering with the White Helmets. June 4, 2016.
A rebel fighter of al-Jabha al-Shamiya (Levant Front) rests in the old city. July 5, 2016.
Babies lie on beds after being transferred to an underground unit at a children's hospital that was partially damaged from recent airstrikes. July 24, 2016.
A man rides a bicycle past burning rubber tires that activists said were being used to create smoke as a cover from warplanes. Aug. 1, 2016.
Residents in eastern Aleppo gather to celebrate after rebels said they had broken a three-week government siege on the city. Aug. 6, 2016.
An old man sells garlic at a deserted market in a rebel-held neighborhood. Government forces were advancing in southern Aleppo, with the fighting already creating shortages for the estimated 250,000 people living in the rebel-held parts of the city. Sept. 8, 2016.
A boy awaits treatment at a makeshift hospital following airstrikes on rebel-held eastern areas. September 24, 2016.
A White Helmets volunteer holds the body of a child after he was pulled from the rubble following a regime airstrike on the rebel-held neighborhood of Karm Homad. Syrian government forces advanced against rebels during intense street battles in the heart of Aleppo after the US abandoned talks with Russia aimed at reviving a ceasefire deal. October 4, 2016.
A man reacts after losing relatives to an airstrike in the besieged rebel-held al-Qaterji neighborhood. October 12, 2016.
Smoke billows in the background of southwestern frontline near the neighborhood of Dahiyet al-Assad during a rebel offensive to break a three-month siege of the opposition-held eastern Aleppo. Nov. 3, 2016.
Syrian families, fleeing from various eastern districts of Aleppo, line up to get onto buses in the government-held eastern neighborhood of Jabal Badro, before heading to government-controlled western Aleppo. The government offensive to recapture rebel-held Aleppo sparked international alarm, as the UN said nearly 16,000 people had fled the assault and more could follow. Nov. 29, 2016.
Destroyed buildings in eastern al-Shaar neighborhood as pro-government troops advance towards the area during their offensive to capture eastern Aleppo. Dec. 5, 2016.
A man carries a child with an IV drip as he flees deeper into the remaining rebel-held areas of Aleppo. Dec. 12, 2016.
Rachael Krishna is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in London.
Contact Rachael Krishna at rachael.krishna@buzzfeed.com.
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