Damascus, backed by the Russian military, has pummelled neighbourhoods across central Aleppo and neighbouring Idlib with airstrikes since insurgents seized control of Syria's second city last weekend.
Mahmoud said he was now avoiding filling up his car at any of the few petrol stations in Aleppo that still have fuel, fearing that the long lines of cars could be a target.
For the residents of Aleppo, the main sign that Islamist militants from the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) are now in control of the city are the pickup trucks full of armed fighters on the streets.
The UN's office for humanitarian affairs (OCHA) describes long queues for bread under precarious conditions, highlighting the extreme hardships faced by the civilians in Aleppo.
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