certainly civilians. we don't know how many. but look, the fall of aleppo is imminent. this can't go on for too long. president assad has been on television, on russian television today, talking about what happens next. even if aleppo falls, this war, chris, isn't over. isis controls a large part of eastern syria, including palmyra which it retook recently. rebels controlled the province in the north and in the south near dara and the kurds control the border south of turkey. this war isn't over because it's several wars. it's not just a war between the government and rebels. and, you know, assad will control the four major cities of syria, aleppo, damascus and hahns. he says he wants it back in the days ahead.