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Before we begin, a quick warning. This series contains strong language and descriptions

of brutality and violence.

Instruction and devastation, street after street, building after building.

The situation in Syria, of course, is very grave and is deteriorating. More than 30,000

people have now died. Hundreds of thousands are refugees. Two bombs exploded with devastating effect.

The opposition accuses the regime of staging such attacks. Others accuse Islamist radicals,

cow bones and suicide bombs are now irregular occurrence. I would like to see President

Assad face full international justice for the appalling crimes that he has met

out on his people. Around the country, the regime's bases of power are being whittled away.

The rebels seem to be relentlessly moving in. Around both those big cities,

Aleppo has got to large areas where the rebels are actually in control of parts of the city.

In the autumn of 2012, as the war raged in Syria, John Cantley went back to Aleppo

to report on how the rebels and the Free Syrian army were fighting back against the Assad regime.

So this was the 19th of November 2012.

Wherever John went on reporting trips, there was at least one friend he would be in regular

contact with, and this trip was no different.

Kev, I'm not going to ask you any longer because it's starting to bore me.

I'm here until the 25th, so likely we'll be over by the time you get here because you're a coward.

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