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A front line slices through Syria’s former economic hub from north to south. It used to take 10 minutes to cross Aleppo, now through huge detours, the journey takes 10 hours. All photos by Joseph Eid / AFP Photo
A bus ride through war-torn Aleppo — in pictures
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