They're collecting the dead in Aleppo.

Fresh blood pools on the streets as residents salvage what little life is left.

This amateur video appears to show the aftermath of government barrel bombs -- the latest in the back and forth battle between rebel groups and government forces in Syria.

More video appears to show rebels battling back, shelling government sites also in Aleppo.

Reuters cannot independently verify the videos, which were posted on a social media website.

In Jobar, Damascus, a familiar skyline of smoke and inevitable death.

Activists and rights groups say the government hit the area with the fiercest assault since the start of the three-year civil war.