US President Barack Obama has expressed "deep concern" about the situation in rebel-held parts of Aleppo, amid an assault by Syrian government forces.
Medics in the city are struggling to cope with the huge number of casualties caused by the most sustained and intense aerial bombardment in years.
Supplies of medicine and blood are running low, as a three-week siege by the army begins to have an impact.
An air strike on a pumping station has also left many areas without water.
"The planes are not leaving the skies at all," Brita Hagi Hassan, president of the rebel city council, told Reuters news agency. "Life in the city is paralysed."
"Everyone is cooped up in their homes, sitting in the basements. These missiles are even targeting the basements and shelters that we'd set up to protect people."
BBC
26/9/16
Medics in the city are struggling to cope with the huge number of casualties caused by the most sustained and intense aerial bombardment in years.
Supplies of medicine and blood are running low, as a three-week siege by the army begins to have an impact.
An air strike on a pumping station has also left many areas without water.
"The planes are not leaving the skies at all," Brita Hagi Hassan, president of the rebel city council, told Reuters news agency. "Life in the city is paralysed."
"Everyone is cooped up in their homes, sitting in the basements. These missiles are even targeting the basements and shelters that we'd set up to protect people."
BBC
26/9/16
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