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Earlier today, the Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson was asked by journalist Mike Barnicle “What would you do, if you were elected, about Aleppo?” Johnson replied with his own question: "What is Aleppo?" Aleppo is Syria's largest city, an urban battlefield in the brutal Syrian Civil War since 2012. Reporters and photojournalists have been covering the conflict for years, documenting the belligerents as well as the tragic circumstances of those civilians caught up in the multifaceted war. When Barnicle asked “What would you do about Aleppo?” he was asking what would the candidate do to stop the Bereits heute Morgen wurde der liberale Präsidentschaftskandidat Gary Johnson von Journalist Mike Barnicle gefragt: "Was würden Sie mit Aleppo tun, wenn Sie gewählt würden. Mit Aleppo?" antwortete Johnson mit seiner eigenen Frage : "Was ist Aleppo" Aleppo ist die größte Stadt Syriens, ein Schlachtfeld im brutalen syrischen Bürgerkrieg. Seit 2012 haben Reporter und Fotojournalisten den Konflikt über Jahre hinweg abdeckt, die Dokumentation der Kriegführenden sowie die tragischen Umstände jener Zivilisten die der facettenreichen Krieg gefangen hält. Wenn Barnicle fragte: "Was würden Sie mit Aleppo tun?", Wurde er gefragt, was er unternehmen würde die Schrecken

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Earlier today, the Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson was asked by journalist Mike Barnicle What would you do, if you were elected, about Aleppo? Johnson replied with his own question: "What is Aleppo?" Aleppo is Syria's largest city, an urban battlefield in the brutal Syrian Civil War since 2012. Reporters and photojournalists have been covering the conflict for years, documenting the belligerents as well as the tragic circumstances of those civilians caught up in the multifaceted war. When Barnicle asked What would you do about Aleppo? he was asking what would the candidate do to stop the horrors made visible to us by the photojournalists below. See also, our own Uri Friedmans answer to What is Aleppo?Bereits heute Morgen wurde der liberale Prsidentschaftskandidat Gary Johnson von Journalist Mike Barnicle gefragt: "Was wrden Sie mit Aleppo tun, wenn Sie gewhlt wrden. Mit Aleppo?" antwortete Johnson mit seiner eigenen Frage : "Was ist Aleppo" Aleppo ist die grte Stadt Syriens, ein Schlachtfeld im brutalen syrischen Brgerkrieg. Seit 2012 haben Reporter und Fotojournalisten den Konflikt ber Jahre hinweg abdeckt, die Dokumentation der Kriegfhrenden sowie die tragischen Umstnde jener Zivilisten die der facettenreichen Krieg gefangen hlt. Wenn Barnicle fragte: "Was wrden Sie mit Aleppo tun?", Wurde er gefragt, was er unternehmen wrde die Schrecken die unten durch die Fotojournalisten fr uns sichtbar gemacht wurden zu stoppen

Aleppo

A Syrian man cries as he holds the lifeless body of his son, killed by the Syrian Army, near Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, on October 3, 2013.

Residents run from a fire at a gasoline and oil shop in Aleppo's Bustan Al-Qasr neighbourhood October 20, 2013. Witnesses said the fire was caused by a bullet fired by a sniper loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Karaj al-Hajez crossing, a passageway separating Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr, which is under the rebels' control and Al-Masharqa neighborhood, an area controlled by the regime.

A still image taken on August 18, 2016 from a video posted on social media said to be shot in Aleppo on August 17, 2016, shows a boy with bloodied face sitting in an ambulance, after an airstrike, Syria.

A woman and her baby are seen through the scope of an opposition fighter sniper gun, as she flees the Saif al-Dawla neighborhood of the Syrian northern city of Aleppo, amid heavy street fighting on August 29, 2012.

A Syrian Air Force fighter jet launches missiles at El Edaa district in Syria's northwestern city of Aleppo on September 1, 2012.

Smoke billows following the detonation of explosives placed by Syrian government forces inside a tunnel that was reportedly used by rebels in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on May 19, 2015.

The bodies of two Syrian children lie in the rubble of a residential building reportedly hit by an explosives-filled barrel dropped by a government forces helicopter on March 18, 2014.

A damaged street with sandbags used as barriers in Aleppo's Saif al-Dawla district on March 6, 2015.

A wounded woman still in shock leaves Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, on September 20, 2012.

Workers document and count dead bodies, which according to the rebel fighters, were members of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, before burying them in Aleppo on February 23, 2015. The rebel fighters said they killed the men during clashes at Raitan and al-Mallah front lines during an attempt by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to encircle the northern city and cut off insurgent supply lines.

Debris cover a street and flames rise from a building following a reported air strike by Syrian government forces on March 7, 2014 during the Friday prayer in the Sukkari neighborhood of the northern city of Aleppo

The body of a 7 year old boy killed by a Syrian Army sniper lies in Dar Al Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, on September 20, 2012.

People inspect damage at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's district of al-Sukari on March 7, 2014.

A man is treated for wounds after a Syrian government forces jet attacked the Karm al-Aser neighborhood in eastern Aleppo, on October 31, 2012.

A child survivor is seen at a hospital in Aleppo's al-Sakhour district, after what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped at Aleppo's Haydariye district by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, on March 9, 2014.

Civilians walk near upright buses barricading a street, which serve as protection from snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo's rebel-controlled Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood on March 21, 2015.

A fighter with the Free Syria Army (FSA) fires his weapon during heavy clashes with government forces in Izza neighbourhood of the embattled northern city of Aleppo on September 9, 2012.

A helicopter loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad throws what activists say is an explosive barrel, in Al-Shaar area in Aleppo on February 1, 2014.

Smoke billows following air strikes by regime forces on rebel positions during intense fighting in Aleppo on August 18, 2016

A Syrian man carries the body of a girl after she was trapped under the rubble following reported air strikes on the rebel-held neighbourhood of al-Mashhad in the northern city of Aleppo, on July 25, 2016

Bloodied bodies lie strewn on a street after Syrian regime helicopters allegedly dropped barrel bombs on an opposition-held district in the northern city of Aleppo on June 16, 2014, killing at least 20 people, including several children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Girls who survived what activists said was a ground-to-ground missile attack by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, hold hands at Aleppo's Bab al-Hadeed district on April 7, 2015.

Syrians walk past heavily damaged buildings in the neighbourhood of Bani Zeid, on Aleppo's northern outskirts on July 29, 2016, as people come back to the previously rebel-held district, a day after Syrian government forces took control of it.

A Syrian boy suffering from breathing difficulties is treated at a make-shift hospital in Aleppo after regime helicopters dropped barrel bombs on the rebel-held Sukkari neighborhood of the northern Syrian city on September 6, 2016. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the bombs hit the Sukkari neighborhood and that more than 70 people "most of them civilians" were treated for choking symptoms.

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My thanks go to the "Whitwehelmed", yet save lives under the hail of bombs.

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