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Image of civilians escaping the smoke which was caused by airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]
![Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161121_2_20254865_16240739-e1551258374865.jpg?w=395&h=263&ssl=1 "Syrian Civil war")
Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]
![Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on November 21 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161121_2_20254865_16240738.jpg?w=395&h=264&ssl=1 "Syrian Civil war")
Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on November 21 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]
![Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161121_2_20254865_16240737-e1551258439672.jpg?w=404&h=262&ssl=1 "Syrian Civil war")
Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]
![Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161121_2_20254865_16240736-e1551258475716.jpg?w=392&h=262&ssl=1 "Syrian Civil war")
Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]
![Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161121_2_20254865_16240735-e1551258510178.jpg?w=392&h=262&ssl=1 "Syrian Civil war")
Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]
![Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161121_2_20254865_16240734-e1551258552562.jpg?w=395&h=264&ssl=1 "Syrian Civil war")
Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]
![Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161121_2_20254865_16240733-e1551258599719.jpg?w=395&h=263&ssl=1 "Syrian Civil war")
Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]
![Smoke rises the Syrian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Syria [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161121_2_20254865_16240732-e1551258629184.jpg?w=797&h=531&ssl=1 "Syrian Civil war")
Smoke rises the Syrian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Syria [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]
![Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161121_2_20254865_16240731-e1551258669706.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1 "Syrian Civil war")
Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]
![Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161121_2_20254865_16240730-e1551258739735.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1 "Syrian Civil war")
Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]
![Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161121_2_20255108_16241007-e1551258968530.jpg?w=797&h=531&ssl=1 "Syrian civil war")
Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]
![Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161121_2_20255108_16241006-e1551259030184.jpg?w=395&h=264&ssl=1 "Syrian civil war")
Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]
![Syrian woman walks among the scene of the air strikes that were carried out by Syria and Russia in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161121_2_20255108_16241005-e1551259059292.jpg?w=395&h=263&ssl=1 "Syrian civil war")
Syrian woman walks among the scene of the air strikes that were carried out by Syria and Russia in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]
![Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161121_2_20255108_16241011-e1551258786763.jpg?w=400&h=267&ssl=1 "Syrian civil war")
Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]
![Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161121_2_20255108_16241010-e1551258819409.jpg?w=388&h=267&ssl=1 "Syrian civil war")
Smoke rises after aircraft belonging to the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]
![Smoke rises after the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161121_2_20255108_16241009-e1551258863879.jpg?w=400&h=267&ssl=1 "Syrian civil war")
Smoke rises after the Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes over residential areas in Aleppo, Syria on 21 November 2016 [Jawad al Rifai/Anadolu Agency]