Reporter Jenan Moussa of the Dubai-based Al Aan TV was in the Syrian city of Aleppo today as troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad’s regime clashed with rebels. Moussa tweeted her reactions to the fierce fighting that included helicopter strafing and airstrikes by Syrian fighter jets.
We ok till now. They r shelling us. In hiding. #aleppo
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 9, 2012
A house hundred meters away from us got hit by plane. Huge explosion. Earth trembling. #Aleppo @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 9, 2012
We are trying to get out of #aleppo. Very difficult. Planes in sky. @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 9, 2012
Fsa still hanging in salahuddine #aleppo. @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 9, 2012
Moussa arrived in Syria last week and has been live-tweeting the terrifying fighting daily.
I am inside #Syria. Welcome to Free Syria. @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 4, 2012
Me in back of a pick up on the move with #FSA. I counted so far four destroyed tanks on sides of road. @akhbar pic.twitter.com/kR9I5xhu
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 4, 2012
I am literally tweeting from next to the toilet. Another explosion. #Syria @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 6, 2012
Here pic of me in basement hiding from #Assad shells falling on rebel village: http://t.co/8Es8C09I @akhbar #Syria
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 7, 2012
Yesterday Moussa tweeted from Aleppo as Syria’s largest city came under renewed bombardment.
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Am now inside aleppo city. Some shelling, visited hospital, many wounded, one died in front of us #syria @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 8, 2012
I hear now one, two, three, actually 4 explosions. Welcome to #Aleppo city. #Syria @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 8, 2012
Road to #Aleppo was stressy. We were with small #FSA convoy. I was scared we would be hit by #Assad planes. But all went ok. @akhbar #Syria
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 8, 2012
In #Aleppo, I went 2 various neighborhoods now under control of #FSA. Many barricades on road. Tank, buses, burned cars everywhere. @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 8, 2012
Civilians I spoke to in #Aleppo terrified. Shelling seems 2 b indiscriminate in some neighborhoods. Refugees in cars escaping war. @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 8, 2012
On streets we met #FSA fighters. Saw some checkpoints. Majority of houses intact. Destruction varies from a neighborhood 2 another. @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 8, 2012
#FSA fighters control many neighborhoods here in #Aleppo. #Assad also controls some neighborhoods. Clashes continue in Salahuddine. @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 8, 2012
When I entered makeshift hospital here in #Aleppo, I saw 2 injured. Ambulance arrived with 2 new injured. One died in front of us. @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 8, 2012
In hospital here in #Aleppo, doctor complained to me lack of medication as an #FSA soldier stood close by crying his fallen comrade. @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 8, 2012
I saw a bleeding man on hospital floor here in #Aleppo screaming from pain, pointing at his cellphone. Says 'pls call my family.' @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 8, 2012
This is the man who was shot, begged friends 4 cellphone 2 contact family. Scared 2 die without saying goodbye. http://t.co/8rGvOG4e @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 8, 2012
Here the man who died in front of us due to massive wounds to chest. Wut a sad city #Aleppo is: http://t.co/5Y6Tg2Z4 @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 8, 2012
You can't beat these MiG fighter jets! This bldg in rebel held territory in #Aleppo. We passed it earlier: http://t.co/foZD1yBa @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 8, 2012
In hospital in #Aleppo, I saw a female among fighters. Hands covered in blood of fallen comrade. She's only female fighter here. @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 8, 2012
Male fighters in #Aleppo told me female fighter is very courageous. Sometimes more courageous than men. She refused to b on camera. @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 8, 2012
I can now hear in distance blast of cannons of #Assad army. Within few seconds I hear loud explosions. Scary. #Aleppo @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 8, 2012
Explosions getting near. No worries yet. I'll keep my shoes on just in case we have to run. #Aleppo @akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) August 8, 2012
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