‘We felt completely lost’: fears over reprisals from Damascus and Islamist rule in Aleppo
by Ruth Michaelson from on (#6SMCE)
Syria's second largest city left reeling after anti-government fighters seized control in surprise offensive
It was 2am on Saturday when Nasma's husband told her there were uniformed fighters in their neighbourhood of western Aleppo - but they were not from the Syrian army. He stood on their balcony to get a better view, before the men told him to go back indoors.
News of the militias' advance in the countryside around Aleppo had spread fast, although Nasma - who requested a pseudonym for her safety - didn't believe that change was coming until she saw displaced people arriving in the city from surrounding villages.
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