![Syrian kids play on swings in Aleppo, Syria on 6 July 2017 [Ensar Özdemir/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/d2.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017_7_6-Life-in-Aleppo20170706_2_24584904_23792665.jpg?fit=920%2C613&ssl=1)
![Syrian men stand guard with heavy machine guns in Aleppo, Syria on 6 July 2017 [Ensar Özdemio/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/d2.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017_7_6-Life-in-Aleppo20170706_2_24584904_23792662.jpg?w=610&h=407&ssl=1 "Life in Aleppo after liberated from DAESH")
Syrian men stand guard with heavy machine guns in Aleppo, Syria on 6 July 2017 [Ensar Özdemio/Anadolu Agency]
![Syrian kids play on swings in Aleppo, Syria on 6 July 2017 [Ensar Özdemir/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/d2.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017_7_6-Life-in-Aleppo20170706_2_24584904_23792665.jpg?w=302&h=202&ssl=1 "Life in Aleppo after liberated from DAESH")
Syrian kids play on swings in Aleppo, Syria on 6 July 2017 [Ensar Özdemir/Anadolu Agency]
![A Syrian kid poses for a photo through a roof that was bombed in Aleppo, Syria on 6 July 2017 [Ensar Özdemir/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/d2.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017_7_6-Life-in-Aleppo20170706_2_24585571_23793801.jpg?w=302&h=201&ssl=1 "Life in Aleppo after liberated from DAESH")
A Syrian kid poses for a photo through a roof that was bombed in Aleppo, Syria on 6 July 2017 [Ensar Özdemir/Anadolu Agency]
![A Syrian man eats ice cream out of an ice cream van in Aleppo, Syria on 6 July 2017 [Ensar Özdemir/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/d2.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017_7_6-Life-in-Aleppo20170706_2_24585571_23793792.jpg?w=456&h=304&ssl=1 "Life in Aleppo after liberated from DAESH")
A Syrian man eats ice cream out of an ice cream van in Aleppo, Syria on 6 July 2017 [Ensar Özdemir/Anadolu Agency]
![Syrian woman stands outside of her tent in Aleppo, Syria on 6 Jul7 2017 [Ensar Özdemir/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/d2.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017_7_6-Life-in-Aleppo20170706_2_24585571_23793793.jpg?w=456&h=304&ssl=1 "Life in Aleppo after liberated from DAESH")
Syrian woman stands outside of her tent in Aleppo, Syria on 6 Jul7 2017 [Ensar Özdemir/Anadolu Agency]