Al Jazeera's Stephanie Dekker, in the Jordanian capital Amman, has just been speaking with a medic in Aleppo's Saleheddine area. The man, who spoke on condition of anonymity, described the situation as "terrifying", Dekker said.

According to him, people in Saleheddine are afraid that if the government's forces move into the area they will all be killed.

He also said that other parts of the city remain relatively calm, and that the Syrian army's focus seems to be on specific districts, such as Saleheddine, where the opposition is in control.