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Aleppo: Life Under Siege

The battle for Aleppo, Syria's largest city and once home to over two million people, is in its fourth year. Five citizen journalists in East Aleppo document life under siege.

The battle for Aleppo, Syria's largest city and once home to over 2 million people, is in its fourth year. Divided between opposition held east and government-controlled west, ordinary civilians are suffering on both sides. The east has been relentlessly bombed by the forces of President Bashar al-Assad, backed by the Russian military and for last month five citizen journalists in East Aleppo, commissioned by Panorama, have been documenting life under siege. The film is an intimate portrait of ordinary people struggling to stay alive, including a civil defence volunteer who risks death to save his fellow citizens. The film goes behind the headlines into the backstreets of East Aleppo, to show the horror, chaos and fear of the daily bombings but also the surprising humanity, resilience and hope of the people who remain.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 2 Oct 2016 15:30GMT

Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator Paul McGann
Producer Natalie Morton
Producer Christine Garabedian
Executive Producer Aisling O'Connor
Deputy Editor Karen Wightman

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