CBC News crew captures airstrikes in east Aleppo

The city is silent until another bomb drops and the sound of the explosion echoes through the eastern part of Aleppo.

A CBC News crew in Aleppo captured the airstrikes on video Tuesday and confirmed through Syrian government officials that three neighbourhoods were hit.

Aleppo reeling from bombing campaign

8 years ago

Duration 1:40

CBC's Margaret Evans reports from inside Syrian battle zone

• Airstrikes again pound rebel-held east Aleppo

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes killed at least three people and hit four other areas.

Aleppo has become the fiercest front in Syria's 5½-year war, pitting President Bashar al-Assad's forces supported by Russia, Iran and Shia militias against mostly Sunni rebels including some backed by Turkey, the U.S. and Gulf monarchies.

• CBC IN SYRIA | Checkpoints, detours and signs of military push along the road to Aleppo

The city has been divided for years between a government-held western sector and rebel-held eastern districts.

The army and its allies managed to besiege eastern Aleppo this summer and launched a big offensive backed by a heavy bombardment in September, but in recent weeks, Moscow has said it was observing a pause in airstrikes.

The crew also captured the following images on the road to Aleppo on Monday: 

Take an eerie walk through a deserted Aleppo

8 years ago

Duration 1:23

CBC's Margaret Evans tours a devastated, empty neighbourhood in the embattled Syrian city