Watch | Drone gives horrifying glimpse into fighting in Syria

Video footage of a Damascus neighbourhood filmed by a Russian drone gives a rare glimpse into the scale of destruction that years of fighting has inflicted around the Syrian capital, seat of President Bashar Assad's power.

The video shot over the district of Jobar by RTR war correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny on October 18 shows blocks of bombed-out residential buildings, most of them with gaping holes and others with their top floors collapsed.

The video shows an elaborate network of long trenches used by rebels in the conflict. It also shows gunmen running from building to building as they try to dodge artillery and aerial bombardment.