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"
Awards 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
