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BBC OS: Night of Heavy Bombing Over East Aleppo

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Night of Heavy Bombing Over East Aleppo

16/11/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Night of Heavy Bombing Over East Aleppo

Syrian and Russian forces continue bombardment of rebel-held east Aleppo.

Eyewitnesses in Aleppo say Syrian and Russian forces have carried out more than sixty attacks in one day, as they continue to lay siege to the rebel-held east of the city. A teacher there tells us food and other supplies are running out.

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(Photo: Rescuers inspect a destroyed building in the Syrian village of Kfar Jales, on the outskirts of Idlib, following air strikes by Syrian and Russian warplanes on November 16, 2016. Credit: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images.)

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