Photos: Islamic State destroyed Aleppo's Saif al-Dawla district

[caption id=“attachment_2141065” align=“aligncenter” width=“940”] A general view shows a damaged street with sandbags used as barriers in Aleppo’s Saif al-Dawla district March 6, 2015. REUTERS[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2141069” align=“aligncenter” width=“940”] Civil defence members try to put out a fire as residents inspect the damage at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in the Qadi Askar neighbourhood of Aleppo March 5, 2015. REUTERS[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2141071” align=“aligncenter” width=“940”] A woman walks past a damaged bus in the Al-Sakhour neighbourhood of Aleppo March 6, 2015. The graffiti on the bus reads in Arabic, “Down with Assad and Daash”. REUTERS[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2141073” align=“aligncenter” width=“940”] Syrian fire fighters put out a blaze at the scene of a reported barrel bomb strike by Syrian government forces on March 5, 2015 on the Qadi Askar rebel-held district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Heavy clashes and a regime barrel bomb attack shook Aleppo after rebels tried to seize an intelligence headquarters the previous day, in a forceful rejection of UN efforts to reach a ceasefire. AFP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2141075” align=“aligncenter” width=“940”] Rebel fighters (L) and residents inspect a burnt vehicle at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in the Qadi Askar neighbourhood of Aleppo March 5, 2015. REUTERS[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2141077” align=“aligncenter” width=“940”] A man rests under a damaged bridge in Aleppo’s al-Shaar neighbourhood March 6, 2015. REUTERS[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2141079” align=“aligncenter” width=“940”] Civilians and civil defence members inspect the damage as smoke rises at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in the Qadi Askar neighbourhood of Aleppo March 5, 2015. REUTERS[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2141081” align=“aligncenter” width=“940”] A woman walks past damaged buildings at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in the Qadi Askar neighbourhood of Aleppo March 5, 2015. REUTERS[/caption]