Siege of Aleppo18 October 2012Aleppo, Syria Free Syrian Army fighters stand guard in Aleppo’s Karm al-Jabal neighborhood, as light enters through a wall peppered by shrapnel. In July, the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) entered Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and commercial capital. Rebel-held neighborhoods, initially in southwest Aleppo and later throughout the city, became (...)
Javier Manzano (USA) "The head of a man, who was ambushed while driving with his family, lies beside the road on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, in northern Mexico. The city, on the border with the USA, is smuggling crossroads and a battleground in the drug wars that afflict the region, with thousands killed each year. The man’s wife was fatally wounded by gunfire during the (...)