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Thursday 29 September 2016

Looking to the sky

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Stacks of bread are seen at a damaged bakery after an air strike in the rebel-held Bab al-Maqam neighbourhood of Aleppo: photo by Abdalrhman Ismail/Reuters, 28 September 2016

The price of bread


A man works at a bakery in the rebel-held town of Douma, east of Damascus, providing bread for impoverished families during Ramadan: photo by Sameer Al-Doumy/Agence France-Presse, 19 June 2016


 
A man works at a bakery in the rebel-held town of Douma, east of Damascus, providing bread for impoverished families during Ramadan: photo by Sameer Al-Doumy/Agence France-Presse, 19 June 2016

A Syrian man works at a bakery in the rebel-held town of Douma, east of the capital Damascus on June 19, 2016, as a part of an initiative to distribute bread to impoverished families in the Eastern Ghouta area during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. The bakery is managed by the Douma Society which was created in 1960. / AFP / Sameer Al-Doumy (Photo credit should read SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP/Getty Images)  

A Syrian man works at a bakery in the rebel-held town of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, as a part of an initiative to distribute bread to impoverished families in the Eastern Ghouta area during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. The bakery is managed by the Douma Society which was created in 1960.: photo by Sameer Al-Doumy/Agence France-Presse, 19 June 2016
  

A picture taken on June 19, 2016 shows pita bread at a bakery in the rebel-held town of Douma, east of the Syrian capital Damascus, as a part of an initiative to distribute bread to impoverished families in the Eastern Ghouta area during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. The bakery is managed by the Douma Society which was created in 1960. / AFP / Sameer Al-Doumy (Photo credit should read SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP/Getty Images)

Loaves of pita bread are baked in an oven at a bakery in the rebel-held town of Douma, east of the Syrian capital Damascus, as a part of an initiative to distribute bread to impoverished families in the Eastern Ghouta area during the holy fasting month of Ramadan.: photo by Sameer Al-Doumy/Agence France-Presse, 19 June 2016



Bab al-Maqam oven where the bread mingled with blood and body parts in devastation ... #Aleppo this morning #HolocaustAleppo
: image via Hozaifa Dahmaan@hozaifadahmaan, 28 September 2016



And the blood and the body and the bread - this scene familiar for years in Syria, where Assad has targeted bakeries and bread queues to kill the largest number of Syrians #HolocaustAleppo: image via Hozaifa Dahmaan@hozaifadahmaan, 28 September 2016



6 people were killed and many injured in Al-ma'ady neighborhood in Aleppo city after an Airstrike targeted their queue in front of a bakery
: image via Khaled Khatib 995@Khaled, 28 September 2016



Price of bread Cost of being human in #Syria #Aleppo. It's your Soul #Assad warplanes killed over than 30 civilians in Aleppo #HolocaustAleppo: image via taim shami @taimshamii, 28 September 2016


Warplanes knock out Aleppo hospitals as Russian-backed assault intensifies: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 29 September 2016


Looking to the sky



People look at the sky fearing another air strike in the rebel-held al-Myassar neighbourhood of Aleppo: photo by Abdalrhman Ismail/Reuters, 28 September 2016



Civil Defence workers search for survivors at a site hit by an air strike in the rebel-held al-Shaar neighbourhood of Aleppo: photo by Abdalrhman Ismail/Reuters, 28 September 2016

 

People dig in the rubble in the search for survivors at a site hit by an air strike in the rebel-held Tariq al-Bab neighborhood of Aleppo: photo by Abdalrhman Ismail/Reuters, 28 September 2016

 

A boy inspects the rubble after air strikes on the rebel-held Tariq al-Bab neighborhood of Aleppo: photo by Abdalrhman Ismail/Reuters, 28 September 2016


Corps déchiquetés et médecins impuissants à Alep dévastée par @KaramAlmasri25 #AFP: image via Agence France Presse @afpfr, 27 September 2016 


#Syrie: Kerry menace Moscou, l’ONU dénonce des «crimes de guerre» à Alep par @KaramAlmasri25 / @GebeilyM #AFP
: image via Agence France Presse @afpfr, 28 September 2016


 

If President Bashar al-Assad's forces do recapture the ancient city it would mark a turning point in the war, which has killed an estimated 400,000 people and displaced millions: photo by Abdalrhman Ismail/Reuters, 28 September 2016
 

order of battle, as the shades of evening come down



A photograph released on September 25 2016 by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syrian government troops at Handarat camp in the north of Aleppo after its recapture: photo by Sana Handout/EPA, 28 September 2016

Jets pound Aleppo in government push to take city: Government fighter jets backed by Russian air force pound rebel-held Aleppo, as ground assault begins:

Syrian government forces and their allies began a major ground offensive to retake the opposition-held east of Aleppo on Tuesday, the biggest ground assault yet in a massive new campaign that has destroyed a US-backed ceasefire.

More than 275,000 civilians are believed to be trapped inside the besieged rebel-held sector of Aleppo, where intensive bombing over the past week has killed hundreds of people, many trapped under buildings brought down by bunker-busting bombs.

Only about 30 doctors are left in rebel-held Aleppo, coping with hundreds of wounded each day who are being treated on the floors of hospitals that are bereft of supplies.

The World Health Organization called for the "immediate establishment of humanitarian routes to evacuate sick and wounded" from the besieged eastern part of the city.



Oh hey. Just being super comfy with my cats. #snowpantherqueen #selfie: image via Audra Auclair @AudraAuclair, 28 September 2016


Crowd turns its back on Hillary #Clinton as photo captures the age of the #selfie: image via Linda Yueh Verified account @lindayueh, 26 September 2016


Always time for a #selfie #NYFW: image via Sophie Beam Verified account @Sophie Beam, 26 September 2016


This is my 98th #selfie since the previous one, couldn't capture my Lipstick shade correctly. #reallifeproblems
: image via Dr Natasha @bajwas24, 26 September 2016


A photograph made available on 27 September 2016 shows a tourist taking a selfie in front of the Sphinx, Giza, Egypt,
 A tourist takes a selfie in front of the Sphinx, Giza, Egypt. The United Nations’ ‘World Tourism Day’ is observed today.: photo by Khaled Elfigi/EPA, 27 September 2016

A photograph made available on 27 September 2016 shows a tourist taking a selfie in front of the Sphinx, Giza, Egypt,

A tourist takes a selfie in front of the Sphinx, Giza, Egypt. The United Nations’ ‘World Tourism Day’ is observed today.: photo by Khaled Elfigi/EPA, 27 September 2016


Best #Selfie: image via Alice Vachet @AliceVachet, 25 September 2016

Untitled | by mhh

[Nassau Bay, Texas]
: photo by mhh, 28 February 2016


Untitled | by mhh

[Nassau Bay, Texas]
: photo by mhh, 28 February 2016


Untitled | by mhh

[Nassau Bay, Texas]
: photo by mhh, 28 February 2016


Untitled | by TomOlson

[Untitled]
: photo by Tom Olson, 28 November 2014

Untitled | by TomOlson
[Untitled]
: photo by Tom Olson, 28 November 2014
 

Valentino Spring 2017 "War" collection
: photo by Gio Staiano/Nowfashion, 24 June 2016

 

Valentino Spring 2017 "War" collection: photo by Gio Staiano/Nowfashion, 24 June 2016
 
Valentino Spring 2017 "War" collection
: photo by Gio Staiano/Nowfashion, 24 June 2016



Valentino Spring 2017 "War" collection
: photo by Gio Staiano/Nowfashion, 24 June 2016



Valentino Spring 2017 "War" collection: photo by Gio Staiano/Nowfashion, 24 June 2016



State television reported that the army had retaken al-Farafra district in Aleppo's Old City, while engineering units were clearing mines in the area: photo by Sana Handout/EPA, 28 September 2016


Free Syrian army fighters queue as they head towards their positions in the northern rural area of Aleppo: photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters, 28 September 2016



A vehicle drives past damaged buildings in the northern Syrian rebel-controlled town of al-Rai, in rural Aleppo: photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters, 28 September 2016

2 comments:

Hilton said...

NY Times report asserts that the Russians and Asad are stepping up attacks on Aleppo in order to force the US-backed opposition to make an alliance with al-Nusra and ISIS so that they can be attacked as in league with terrorists and therefore the US should back Asad. I don't know the validity - but if true it's yet more cruel rationale for increased horror. As for camouflage fashion - I remember returning from Beirut in the midst of civil war to see women in heels walking with such outfits and I broke down to cry in sadness and disgust.

TC said...

Hilton, yes, there is that line of thinking. And at this point it's difficult to imagine a degree of callousness and cynicism that would be beyond the Russians, in this whole business. The pleasure being drawn by Lavrov and Putin from the humiliation of Kerry and Obama almost seems more anthropological than geopolitical. The sacrifice of the people of Aleppo, an afterthought.

Ach, fashion.

Agh, war fashion!!