there. what we saw was many, many people fleeing. they were tired, they were hungry, they were weak and they were trying to get to a better place. here is what we saw. this is what rebel desperation looks like during the nights. firing at jets in the skies, unable to stop them from dropping their deadly load. this is what the rebels defeat looks like when day light comes. thousands of civilians fleeing the old town of aleppo hours after government forces took most of it back. among them, najua with her seven children, one of them her baby, bilal. when we left there was a lot of shelling behind us, a lot of shooting in front of us, and the airlines above us, she says. we barely managed to get out. most seem weak and malnourished. some resting, finally in safety in this former school. the smallest, a baby girl, azal,
regime on their state media of more districts of northeastern section of the besieged eastern aleppo being recap toured by the regime. these are claims so far by state media that we are working to verify. it is very difficult to confirm the situation on the ground if fighting is ongoing in these areas or if they ve recap toured them. it s also very difficult to assess the impact on the civilians, the more than quarter million people living in eastern aleppo. there have been reports, estimates anywhere from hundreds up to thousands of people who are reportedly fled their homes because of this new wave of fighting. some of the people as the fighting got closer to their homes moved into other rebel held districts but also some according to reports from state media but also from a monitoring group and other saying that these people have had to even flee to regime controlled western aleppo. something that was unthinkable
also targeting the reswreem held part of western aleppo. before we show you our report about the situation warning to our audience here that some of the images they will see in this report are disturbing. in denial his teenager son is gone. tries to wake him up. refusing to hand him over to be placed in a body bag. he finally agrees but clings on to his boy s breathless body. i swear he s breathing he says. the anguish one father, one family out of hundreds that buried their loved ones in what seems to be a never ending cycle of grief, death and destruction in eastern aleppo. the regime unleashing a new wave
conflict began five years ago. and there s no sign of let up in the violence, george. this horrific violence that we re seeing in rebel held parts of aleppo and also in the regime held western aleppo, now before we show you our report about the situation in the city of aleppo, we want to warn our viewers that some of the images they re about to see are disturbing. this father in disbelief in denial that his teenage son is gone. he tries to wake him up, refusing to hand him over to be placed in a body bag. he finally agrees but clings on to his boy s breathless body. i swear he s breathing he says. the ang kwish of one father, one family out of hundreds who buried their loved ones in what seems to be a never ending cycle
they are ill or injured, are often afraid to go these hospitals because the hospitals are considered targets of artillery fire, of barrel bombs, and so you have this tragedy compounded by the fact that there is only less than three dozen doctors, 31 doctors that remain in east aleppo, three pediatricians, you know, a handful of surgeons, and they don t have a place to work, they re running out of supplies. one thing that is important to note, as well, is there are atrocities being committed by both sides. that figure of more than a thousand killed in the last two months also includes civilians who were killed by rebel attacks on western aleppo which is held by the government. both sides have accused the other of using chemical weapons on civilians. so certainly when it comes to the conflict, both sides inflicting grave harm on each other, george. in the middle of all of this, of course, these families and these children. will, i want to take another second here just to look at this