>> allahu akbar! >> takbir! >> allahu akbar! (chanting) >> narrator: one of the islamists, sheikh abdul rahman, showed us the streets in salahuddin that his fighters had managed to reoccupy. (tires squealing) he said a few days earlier, the syrian army had destroyed this apartment complex. his men hadn't been able to rescue the civilians trapped alive in the rubble. one of the sheikh's lieutenants led us to another front line in the battle. >> what was a popular uprising, activists, demonstration, calling for freedom, democracy, is now a vicious war. the quagmire of the syrian revolution is portrayed in the streets of aleppo. >> narrator: the body of a local imam lay just beyond the rebel position. >> narrator: a government sniper had the street in his sights. >> narrator: a fighter tried to rescue the body. >> narrator: eventually, he crawled into danger. the imam's shopping bag was by his side. he had just bought milk for his family. the battle for aleppo remains in the balance. its outcome, and the future shape of the uprisin