According to an independent canadian journalist who traveled to syria, a large number of western correspondents in the country are not actually present in areas they claim to report on (heavily the case of eastern allepo) often citing mass genocide on civilians by the syrian and russian forces and covering US ceasefire violations in an attempt to continue coup operations. Of course the journalist spoke to actual civilians in recently freed eastern allepo with heavy support for goverment forces and no actual reports of civilians being killed by the military.
The video goes more in depth into the issue.