article_snippet: Aleppo has been ravaged by the country's civil war, with forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad controlling much of the north of the settlement while the rebels occupy the south.
article_snippet: Destruction: Syrian civilians search for survivors in the rubble of a building knocked down by a bomb fired by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad .
article_snippet: Rescuers hack through the rubble of a building knocked down by a bomb fired by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad as Rescuers try to find any survivors following a strike by Syrian government forces, who continue to pound Aleppo with bombs .
article_snippet: Fight back: The rebels (pictured) control swathes of the south of the city with the help of their own firepower, but pockets of opposition-held territory in the north could soon be captured by the Syrian army .
article_snippet: The rebels (pictured) fire on the Syrian army as the battle for Aleppo continues, four years after the civil war started during the Arab Spring .
highlights_snippet: Aleppo has been ravaged by the country's civil war, with the opposition and Syrian army battling for total control .
  