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Residents of Aleppo are returning to the liberated areas of Aleppo. When Bani Zeid, one of the wealthiest regions in Aleppo, was seized by the militants, more than 70 thousand citizens fled from the area. Now More than 100 families have returned to destroyed houses. TASS reports.

The people who have returned experience no food shortages. Russian humanitarian aid is delivered to the city along several southern highways controlled by the Syrian government army.

Fatima and her husband Mohammed, who lived in a refugee camp for a few years, have also returned home.

"They have stolen everything: a TV set, the furniture and the carpets. We have nothing left, just bare walls. We will have to start life from scratch," Fatima lamented. Her sons are Syrian army soldiers.

Bani Zeid in Aleppo’s northwest was once one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods and the largest industrial center. It used to accommodate dozens of textile factories which made world-famous fabric, clothing and shoes. Over the past three years, the gunmen have removed practically all weaver’s looms turning the shops into a "death factory" manufacturing ammunition.

However, the ISIS militants continue shelling their former positions. "This is a home-made missile," says Ahmad, a Syrian army soldier. "Look at its size and imagine its destructive power. Militants stuff such missiles with explosives and shell our city’s civilian population."