傍晚打開郵箱時我偶然發現，上個月曾收到過一封來自The Syria Campaign的群發求助信（附在最後），寫信人希望每個收到它的人都把阿勒頗的求援信息傳達出去。
阿勒頗（Aleppo），對於多數國人來說，應該是一個很陌生的名字。這是一座被敘利亞反對派佔領了近四年的城市，在前段時間遭受了俄羅斯敘利亞聯軍的瘋狂轟炸，無差別轟炸。
這張照片很多人可能看到過，他就是一名在轟炸中倖存的阿勒頗男孩。
而就在昨天，阿勒頗被敘利亞政府軍完全佔領。
對於不了解敘利亞戰事內各方情況，以及中東政治前世今生的人來說，要解釋這一局面是很困難的。我也無意於像觀察者網、環球時報，或者某些營銷號一樣，給大家簡單同時又片面地描繪這場戰爭的圖景。唯一想說的就是，21世紀了，我們還得眼睜睜地看著邪惡橫行而束手無策，這是恥辱。
而這封發給我的求援郵件，則被郵箱自動把成了垃圾郵件。當我看到時，阿勒頗已無戰事。
信中的主人公Barra，一位被戰爭中斷了大學生涯的敘利亞女孩，在寫下這個故事時還是阿勒頗的一名護士。Barra雖然也曾夢想學醫，但她實際上以前從未學過任何醫學護理方面的知識。不過，諷刺的是，戰爭幫她實現了這個願望，以她生活的其他所有可能與夢想為代價。
信中還談到，戰事吃緊，各種物資都稀缺。醫院裡缺少必備的藥品、衛生用品，醫生也忙不過來在空襲中受傷的人只能在等待救助的過程中痛苦地死去。Barra她們即使能找到休息時間，也沒法不去想，是不是有人會因為救助不及時而喪命。
也許，Barra現在已經沒有故事裡的那麼累了吧，因為阿勒頗的戰事已經結束了。
也因為，她大概已經死了。
（這個視頻來自The New York Times的Facebook帳號，內容是阿勒頗被圍困的最後關頭，留守在城內的人們發出的訣別訊息）
（另一個訣別視頻，YouTube上下載的，原名叫做This may be my last video from Syria）
阿勒頗的故事可能已經結束了，但其他地方的沒有，所以我選擇把這個故事告訴你們，選擇把阿勒頗裡人們最後的留言告訴你們。
我希望，大家能得到的教訓是，永遠不要以和平的名義綏靖，而不是其他。
Daily Dispatch from Aleppo: Baraa, a nurse’s story
This is part of a series of daily stories from the heroes of Aleppo.
East Aleppo is besieged on all sides and facing unprecedented levels of attacks from the sky as the Syrian regime and Russia moves to 『exterminate』 all those that remain.
In the last week all hospitals, including the last children’s hospital have been bombed out of operation. 6 schools and 2 bakeries have been attacked. All White Helmets centre have been destroyed. East Aleppo’s trapped 275,000 residents are living in terror as thousands of missiles, barrel bombs, and mortars rain down on them.
Aleppo, one of the birthplaces of civilisation has been failed utterly by the leaders of the 'civilised world'. Together, we must keep the telling the stories from Aleppo - please share it far and wide.
Daily Story: 「Even if they destroy every single hospital in Eastern Aleppo, we will never give up.」
Baraa is a 23-year-old nurse in Eastern Aleppo. She writes to you about what life is like in a city where hospital workers and staff are targeted and medical supplies are running out.
「I did not study nursing. I was a student of Biomedical engineering but I had to cut my studies short because of the war. It was my dream to study medicine, and ironically that dream came true while my other dreams vanished because of the war.
It’s really hard to be a nurse in Eastern Aleppo. It just got much harder because all of the hospitals and medical points have been bombed out of service.
We』ve had to move our operations and patients to homes. We prepare the homes the best way we can so that we can receive as many patients as possible. But there are never enough medical supplies, especially sterilization tools and painkillers. We can’t offer our patients the most basic medical care.
We can't even give our patients clean blankets. They are forced to use blankets filled with the blood of other patients. They don’t have a choice. The cleaning lady can’t find the time to wash or dry the blood-stained blankets. Patients die smelling their own blood. They die because of the lack of sterilisation and cold. We are constantly receiving huge influxes of civilians injured due to the shelling and bombing, which puts us under extreme and constant pressure to address all of their needs at once.
Many errors have been made because we are overloaded with patients and have a shortage of medical staff.There are situations where we have patients die while waiting on a major surgery because our doctors are so busy attending to dozens of other patients who are also in desperate need of medical care. We lose patients that could』ve been saved if we had seconds to spare.
One of the critical care nurses named Keffah was killed the day before yesterday. With the death of every doctor or nurse we die more and more.
And there is no time to rest or eat. Not even for a minute. Doctors and nurses eat while working. Even if we did find the time to sleep, we can’t stop thinking of the people that are dying while we are resting.
The pictures or quotes that you see in the media can’t even begin to convey the intense fatigue and feeling of helplessness we are facing in this city. This tragic situation has stopped me from having a life. I'm not married. I have no time to study or for personal activities. I no longer have the time to even check on my mother. The only time that I can see her is when I’m supposed to be sleeping.
I haven’t sat down once since yesterday at 6am till 6pm this evening. But I will continue my work so that everyone knows we did our best to save people from this tragic situation we are in. Even if they destroyed every single hospital in Eastern Aleppo, we will never give up. We will continue working to help the injured and sick. If our hospital gets bombed, we will move to the next hospital and continue our work.
Even if it ultimately costs me my life, I have nothing left to lose."
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Baraa
Image: Nurses cry and comfort each other as they evacuate babies inside incubators after air strikes destroyed hospitals across Eastern Aleppo.
Daily Update: Supplies Under Siege
Today marks the 91st day of besiegement of the city of Aleppo. 275,000 people are living under siege and the Syrian regime is blocking all aid entering the city. UN aid rations ran out last week. Meanwhile food prices have dramatically soared. Residents estimate it will be about 15-20 days before all food runs out entirely.
Today Before the siege Price rise
Milk (1L) $3.06 $1.70 180%
Meat (1KG) $42.86 $9.43 454%
Bread (5 loaves) $2.04 $0.19 1082%
Sugar (1KG) $20.41 $0.75 2704%
Daily Update: Aerial Attacks
As of now we have reports that 10 people have been killed, with more than 50 people sustaining injuries today in Aleppo.
Since the offensive began on Eastern Aleppo, Syria Civil Defence have reported over 2,300 strikes including airstrikes, explosive barrels, artillery, cluster bombs, bunker-busters, and bombs loaded with chlorine gas. More than 300 civilians are reported killed and more than 820 injured.*
We will do our best to keep you updated every day,
Katarina and Artino
* Given the circumstances, this data is very hard to come by. We will do our best to get it every day.