Subscribe to ITN News: http://bit.ly/1bmWO8h Amateur footage has been released showing the devastating aftermath of barrel bombs in the district of Hanano in Aleppo. Residents can be seen going through destruction and rubble, pulling out the body of at least one dead child. Barrel bombs, usually dropped from helicopters, are a particularly indiscriminate weapon that often kill dozens at a time. Activists say they are being used to push people from rebel-held areas into state-controlled parts of the northern city. Like many parts of Syria, Aleppo is divided between rebel and Assad forces in a stalemate that has lasted over a year, killing hundreds with little change in the balance of power. A second video appears to show a nearby street with market stalls and a red bus acting as a makeshift barrier. The footage, which was obtained from a social media website, has not been independently verified. Report by Lauren Hood. Like us on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1aENuyJ Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1fta2Qp Add us on Google+: http://bit.ly/17z0Dpd More stories from ITN: WATCH: One of Italy's most dangerous mafia bosses arrested: http://bit.ly/1n8Jqqr Sinkhole swallows car whole overnight in family driveway: http://bit.ly/1anlzTt Watch Europe's biggest ever controlled explosion: http://bit.ly/1k3TDav Philip Seymour Hoffman's final interview: http://bit.ly/1ekc0pi Amazing timelapse video of cruise being 'stretched': http://bit.ly/MF8cDM WATCH: The moment a giraffe gives birth to baby girl: http://bit.ly/1ftCSSv Congressman threatens to throw reporter off balcony: http://bit.ly/1iOWIe5 New Zealand man survives shark attack by fighting back: http://bit.ly/1d7p5MF Full State of the Union address from Barack Obama: http://bit.ly/1d7Hs3T Chicken Run: Thousands of chickens escape on motorway: http://bit.ly/1b4rNTc Amazing! Watch a toddler skateboard in his nappies: http://bit.ly/1d4WEyU Pope's peace doves attacked by crow and seagull: http://bit.ly/1jAB65n Emotional rescue: Buried baby is pulled out of rubble: http://bit.ly/1fheJhX Shocking footage of grandma and child run over and surviving: http://bit.ly/1l4JJqx Drunken Manchester United fan's 999 call to Alex Ferguson: http://bit.ly/1fhdfCu Bill Gates loses game of chess in 71 seconds: http://bit.ly/1mVIisU See 2013's Most Watched Videos: http://bit.ly/1cKAmGl See our Biggest Videos of All Time: http://bit.ly/18ZACCf

• published: 04 Feb 2014
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