ASIA/SYRIA - The humanitarian crisis in Aleppo worsens, once again under siege by jihadists

Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Aleppo is facing a new and fierce offensive that is plunging its population into an alarming humanitarian crisis.

A jihadist attack of rare intensity, which began in recent days, has caused more than 200 civilians and soldiers dead in recent days.

The offensive has led to the capture of dozens of villages and the closure of the highway between Aleppo and Damascus, vital for the transit of humanitarian aid and the connection with the rest of the country.

Local sources, contacted by Fides, describe a situation that is rapidly worsening: the sound of machine guns resounds in the city center, while workplaces remain deserted. In several areas, there has been no electricity for two days, and the jihadists are now only 10 kilometers from the heart of Aleppo, while the victims of the clashes increase by the hour.

The inhabitants of the city are reliving the terror of the hardest years of the Syrian civil war, which began in 2012, when Aleppo was isolated and the scene of intense attacks.

"In this time leading up to Christmas we ask for a very strong message of hope. We also ask for the gift of peace, and we do so together with our families and the families who pray for us, those who help us: our family members, friends, benefactors, both spiritual and material," Father Hugo Fabian Alaniz, missionary priest of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, reports to Fides.
"Let us ask the Lord of Peace" continues the priest "to grant us the gift of peace. We ask the Child Jesus to give us the strength to always remain in hope, that hope to which we have been called. Let us not allow all these sufferings and trials to kill the hope in our hearts." (GF) (Agenzia Fides, 29/11/2024)

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