The War in Syria: Hundreds of Aleppo's cats saved by 'Cat man'

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The War in Syria: Hundreds of Aleppo's cats saved by 'Cat man'

It was one of the longest and deadliest sieges of modern times. In the four-year battle for rebel-held Aleppo, thirty thousand people are reported to have lost their lives, and many thousands more fled. Now a year after the Syrian regime re-took the city, one man who survived the barrel bombs and gas attacks has returned to provide shelter for Aleppo's OTHER inhabitants. Elizabeth Maddock has more.