The Carnage Of Barrel Bombs In Syria

The Carnage Of Barrel Bombs In Syria
Syrian fire fighters put out a blaze at the scene of a reported barrel bomb strike by Syrian government forces on March 5, 2015 on the Qadi Askar rebel-held district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Heavy clashes and a regime barrel bomb attack shook Aleppo after rebels tried to seize an intelligence headquarters the previous day, in a forceful rejection of UN efforts to reach a ceasefire. AFP PHOTO / AMC / ZEIN AL-RIFAI (Photo credit should read ZEIN AL-RIFAI/AFP/Getty Images)
Syrian fire fighters put out a blaze at the scene of a reported barrel bomb strike by Syrian government forces on March 5, 2015 on the Qadi Askar rebel-held district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Heavy clashes and a regime barrel bomb attack shook Aleppo after rebels tried to seize an intelligence headquarters the previous day, in a forceful rejection of UN efforts to reach a ceasefire. AFP PHOTO / AMC / ZEIN AL-RIFAI (Photo credit should read ZEIN AL-RIFAI/AFP/Getty Images)

Marwan was on the operating table when the lights blinked and fizzled out. I turned on the headlamp I wear for situations like these, but it flickered, indicating low batteries. The nurse to my left pulled her cellphone from her pocket and turned it on, creating the only light in the pitch-black basement. Others in the room followed suit with their phones, shining the devices at the wound and producing just enough light to allow me to finish repairing the little boy’s broken body.

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