LONDON — Satellite images have laid bare the suffering inflicted on Syria’s largest city, a London-based rights group said Wednesday, cataloguing hundreds of damaged or destroyed houses and more than 1,000 roadblocks.
Amnesty International said it had worked with the American Association for the Advancement of Science to analyze pictures of Aleppo taken by aerospace imagery providers Longmont-based DigitalGlobe and Astrium for signs of destruction in the metropolis. Aleppo has been the scene of months of vicious fighting.
“Satellite images really speak for themselves,” said Donatella Rovera, a senior Amnesty adviser who recently returned from a trip to Aleppo. “You can see really clearly buildings — groups of buildings — that were there a year ago that are no longer there today.”
Many of the photos released by Amnesty show a general view of the city, with red dots meant to indicate damage and destruction. The rights group said the damage was “emblematic of the relentless bombardment.”
