Ten years of terrible suffering as Syria’s civil war grinds on – BBC News

Ten years after Syria descended into civil war the bloodshed and suffering is still continuing. The BBC has been hearing harrowing testimony from one community in Aleppo, where the conflict began.

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in 2011 calling for change. The government tried to crush the protests and the country descended into civil war.

The United Nations estimates that more than 250,000 people have died in the conflict although the true number could be much higher.

At least 6.2 million Syrians have been forced from their homes and 5.7 million have left the country.

A decade on, after all the bloodshed, President Bashar al-Assad is still in power.

In 2013 in Aleppo Iqra school was bombed by a fighter jet. Some children were killed instantly while others died of their injuries in the days and weeks that followed. A BBC Panorama team were filming nearby when the attack happened.

Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by cameraman Darren Conway who has returned to Aleppo, to meet survivors and relatives.

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