Beirut- Rebel-held Eastern Aleppo has been effectively besieged by pro-government forces. Concern has been growing for at least 250,000 people who have been trapped since heavy fighting effectively closed the last supply route, the Castello Road, in early July.

Syria’s most populous city before the war, Aleppo has been divided for years between rebel and government-held zones.

Source: Reuters, 26 July 2016