We are all praying for rain. When it rains, the planes can’t fly and the bombardment stops for a short while. We are hoping that it rains long enough for the powers of the world to do something to help the 1,50,000 civilians stuck in this small neighbourhood in Aleppo escape the carnage.
Tomorrow will be too late for us, said terrified Syrians and posted emotional goodbyes on social media as the battle
over war-torn Aleppo neared its end.
The heartbreaking posts and videos follow months of heavy conflict in the region and days of relentless bombardment in the blocks that remained under rebel that culminated in a ceasefire deal overnight.
Residents went online to express fears they may not survive the “merciless war”.
“This may be my last video,” a woman tweeting under the name @linashamy said in a short message posted on Monday.
“More than 50,000 of civilians who rebelled against the dictator, al-Assad, are threatened with field executions or dying under bombing.”
“There is a problem with this planet,” said Monther Etaky, a 28-year old graphic designer. “This planet doesn’t want people to live as free or to live as humans.”
Bana Alabed, a seven-year-old girl who has been tweeting from an account managed by her mother, wrote a chilling message declaring it “my last moment to either live or die”.