Life and death in Aleppo 敘利亞內戰的生與死

GlobalPost 報社的 Tracey Shelton 於2012年9月刊登了，敘利亞內戰結至目前為止最令人震撼的照片與影片。

報導內容並未著重於參戰雙方的對與錯，而是以士兵的角度去思索戰爭的殘酷，與暴力的無限循環...

Aleppo(阿勒頗)的FSY(Free Syrian Army, 敘利亞自由軍)大部分都是由城市內的居民組成，他們以前都是老師、學生或者是勞工。 有時候他們就跟平常人一樣，聊天、嘴炮、喝茶或者想念已逃離的家人。
但在現在的Aleppo(阿勒頗)，那些僅存的美好的事情，很快、很容易的就變了調...

起初憂傷瀰漫了一切，但很快的變成了仇恨...
路障也出現了新的替補人員，戰爭則繼續.........................................



From left to right: Issa Aiash, 30, father of three, his young brother Ahmed, 17, and Sheihk Mamoud, 42, father of a newborn son, laugh and joke as they clean their post Saturday.
由左至右 Issa Aiash 30歲，三個孩子的爸；他17歲的弟弟Ahmed；Sheihk Mamoud 42歲，剛做人父。 三人一同清掃路障與聊天。
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A call comes through that a tank was spotted nearby. The men immediately grab weapons.
發現政府軍坦克後，一人馬上抓起RPG。
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Within seconds the tank blast has already hit.
但幾秒鐘內，路障及被坦克擊中。
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Debris and smoke fill the street around 30 meters back - covering me and the camera in dust.
瞬間整個街角都被碎片與煙霧瀰漫...
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This man was the only survivor.
 為一的生存者...
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He escaped with injuries.
他僅受了輕傷...
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It took several minutes before the dust cleared enough to check for more survivors, but there was nothing we could do.
花了很長一段時間煙硝才散去...但很明顯的並沒有生還者...
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This narrow street had become a makeshift home for the men. Lounge chairs salvaged from abandoned homes formed an area for chatting and drinking tea. Meals were prepared on a grass mat in the middle of the street. We slept in a room on the lower floor in case of air raids. Lookouts were posted at each street corner to both watch and listen for new sniper positions and approaching troops and tanks.
On this morning, the men were relaxed and joking around as they cleaned their area from a tank attack the day before. That time, they had been prepared and the tank had fired too short. This time, the assault came with little warning.
More from Tracey Shelton: Surviving Aleppo (VIDEO)
As the cloud of smoke engulfed the street we ran back and frantically waited for the others to escape through the dust and debris. But no one came. In that split second, three men were reduced to broken, bleeding masses.
After a few minutes of disorientation, a vehicle arrived to transport the bodies. The survivors washed away the blood and flesh in a heartbreaking clean up.
New fighters came to take their posts. And the battle continued.
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