Ice Cream? Life in Aleppo after liberation from Daesh

The Turkish military intervention in Syria is code-named by Turkey as Operation Euphrates Shield. It is a cross-border operation by the Turkish military and Syrian opposition groups

Syrian kids pose for a photo outside of their tent after the cleansing of Daesh militants as part of Operation Euphrates Shield in Jarabulus district of Aleppo, Syria on 6 July, 2017. ( Ensar Özdemir – Anadolu Agency )

Syrian kids pose for a photo in an empty room after the cleansing of Daesh militants as part of Operation Euphrates Shield in Jarabulus district of Aleppo, Syria on 6 July, 2017. ( Ensar Özdemir – Anadolu Agency )

A Syrian man is seen in front of his greengrocer after the cleansing of Daesh militants as part of Operation Euphrates Shield in Jarabulus district of Aleppo, Syria on 6 July, 2017. ( Ensar Özdemir – Anadolu Agency )

A Syrian man shops after the cleansing of Daesh militants as part of Operation Euphrates Shield in Jarabulus district of Aleppo, Syria on 6 July 2017. ( Ensar Özdemir – Anadolu Agency )

Syrian kids pose for a photo on a motorcycle after the cleansing of Daesh militants as part of Operation Euphrates Shield in Jarabulus district of Aleppo, Syria on 6 July, 2017. ( Ensar Özdemir – Anadolu Agency )

Syrian people sit under a tent’s shadow after the cleansing of Daesh militants as part of Operation Euphrates Shield in Jarabulus district of Aleppo, Syria on 6 July, 2017. ( Ensar Özdemir – Anadolu Agency )

A Syrian kid poses for a photo through a roof hole after the cleansing of Daesh militants as part of Operation Euphrates Shield in Jarabulus district of Aleppo, Syria [Ensar Özdemir/Anadolu Agency]

A Syrian man eats ice cream after the cleansing of Daesh militants as part of Operation Euphrates Shield in Jarabulus district of Aleppo, Syria on 6 July, 2017. ( Ensar Özdemir – Anadolu Agency )

A Syrian woman poses for a photo outside of her tent after the cleansing of Daesh militants as part of Operation Euphrates Shield in Jarabulus district of Aleppo, Syria on 6 July, 2017. ( Ensar Özdemir – Anadolu Agency )

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