Images captured by a drone show a moving scene in Syria: hundreds of people gathered to break the Ramadan fast amid buildings completely destroyed by war.
The Iftar meal, which is held after sunset during the holy month for Muslims, was organized by a charity in the town of Tadif, a rural area in the northern province of Aleppo.
The region is one of the hardest hit by the civil war, which has dragged on for 11 years and left at least 500,000 dead, in addition to millions of refugees and internally displaced persons.
The images show tables lined up amid the rubble, where 600 families shared a communal meal with a main course, milk, sweets and drinks.
Muslims celebrate Ramadan because, according to Islam, it was during this period that God revealed the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad. The celebration involves fasting from sunrise to sunset. They stop drinking water, eating, smoking and having sex, among other abstentions, as a way of remembering the suffering of others.
Ramadan also includes a number of social practices. The meal before the start of the day and the breaking of the fast when it gets dark are moments of fellowship. It is also common to spend the night on the street, celebrating and praying, or sleeping in the vicinity of mosques.
