The Slatest

Syrian Kids Make a Bomb Crater Into a Swimming Pool

Aleppo.

REUTERS/Hosam Katan

An AFP camera crew found some Syrian kids swimming in dirty water in a bomb crater in the city of Aleppo:

Rebels have held parts of Aleppo for two years, and the indiscriminate bombing campaign of president Bashar al-Assad’s government has killed more than 500 children there so far this year.

AFP

“We are living without water or electricity,” this kid says.

It’s nice that they got to enjoy themselves for a few minutes.

REUTERS/Hosam Katan

h/t Berger