Syria: Aftermath of pro-regime strikes on a village in Aleppo province Aftermath of the airstrikes carried out by pro-regime forces on the village of Sheikh Ahmad in the rebel-held northern Syrian province of Aleppo. More than 235,000 people fled the area between December 12 and 25, mostly from the beleaguered city of Maaret al-Numan which has been left "almost empty", according to the United Nations' humanitarian coordination agency OCHA. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES