The fight for Aleppo

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  Sebastiano Tomada_SipaUSA, United States

The Battle of Aleppo, is an ongoing military confrontation in Aleppo, Syria between the Free Syrian Army and its allies and the Syrian military. The battle began on 19 July 2012 as a part of the Syrian civil war. Clashes escalated in late July as the Syrian Army and opposition fighters fought in the city, which is the largest in Syria and holds great strategic and economic importance. The scale and importance of the combat has led to combatants calling it "the mother of all battles"

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  2014: POY_Pictures of The Year International (2nd place general news) 2013: WORLD PRESS PHOTO - 2nd prize General News Story) VISA D'OR AWARD Perpignan (International Humanitarian Red Cross Award) INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARDS - 1st prize Photo Essay/Feature Story and 4 honorable mentions NEW YORK PHOTO AWARDS - 1st Prize Documentary Series KONTINENT AWARDS - 1st Prize Documentary Series PDN Faces Editorial Portrait Award AMERICAN PHOTO MAGAZINE Picture of the Year 2012: ITALIAN EMERGING TALENT by ITALIAN/AMERICAN CONSULATE and ASSOCIATION of Fine Arts 2011: 2011 PDN Faces Celebrity/Editorial PortraitsAward NPPA Best Of 2010: PDN Faces NEW YORK PHOTO AWARDS Finalist