Aleppo Under Siege: Scale of devastation over three years revealed in one neighbourbood
Video report by ITV News Correspondent Emma Murphy
The desperation facing Aleppo's residents is evident from the large-scale destruction surrounding one neighbourhood filmed by non-profit organisation Hand in Hand for ITV News.
But just three years ago, Aleppo was a thriving city bustling with the sound of children's laughter as they gathered for street parties.
Today, daily airstrikes by the Syrian government have levelled the city, creating a refugee crisis of epic proportions, and claiming the lives of at least 300,000 across the country, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
On Monday alone, there were seven airstrikes in Aleppo, resulting in the deaths of nine people.
The World Health Organization estimates that between September 23 and October 2 this year, 342 people have been killed - 106 of them children.
In February, once self-sufficient families queued for food in the streets, standing in defiance of the Assad regime.
As dire as the situation was then, now it is worse. Today, those same streets are now besieged and almost obliterated by relentless air assaults from the Assad regime and its Russian allies.
One house where seven families tried to live was recently hit from above. Footage filmed by Hand in Hand shows one little girl's stunned face covered with bomb residue after the attack.
A few doors down, a 14-year-old boy was among the dead after a recent attack. The mournful wails of his relatives reverberated through the hallways of their damaged home.
The echoes of children's laughter have now been replaced by the chilling sounds of deadly airstrikes.
Instead of happily gathering in the streets to play, children now huddle in devastated homes fearful of a potentially imminent attack.
"Look at this destruction," one mother told ITV News. "This is a civilian area. Isn't it forbidden for children and workers to be scared and killed? Where is the humanity? Where is Islam?"
Amid the uncertainty the devastating civil war has brought to the lives of Aleppo's residents, one thing is constant - the seemingly never-ending onslaught of barrel bombs, cluster bombs and artillery shelling upon this once peaceful city.