2016 Syrian regime & allies (mainly Russian warplanes ) besiege Aleppo. Filming began in 2013 w/protests against decades of Assad family entrenched ruthless power & corruption. Assad security forces would bind the hands of protestors & then shoot them in the head (many bodies found that way). Russia, in expanding it's influence around the world, stepped in to save the regime. Unfortunately US policy, guided by a politician's monetary self-interest, has ignored the actions of "my good friend" Putin & other totalitarian leaders. Warning: Graphic video of dead children.