Aleppo

Russia, China veto UN resolution seeking ceasefire in Aleppo

Russian and US officials would soon discuss a plan to make all the rebel fighters in eastern Aleppo withdraw from the region.

Dec 7, 2016

Russia: The blood of our soldiers is on USA, Britain and France

The Russian Ministry of Defence has strongly condemned a deadly attack on a Russian mobile hospital in Aleppo, blaming the USA, the UK and France. On 5 December a Russian mobile hospital was hit by mortar fire, killing a female Russian medical worker and injuring other workers and civilians. In the video statement a ministry spokesman blames the attack on insurgents of the opposition, not al-Nusra militants encircled by the Syrian army in eastern Aleppo.

Dec 6, 2016

Russia: The blood of our soldiers is on USA, Britain and France

The Russian Ministry of Defence has strongly condemned a deadly attack on a Russian mobile hospital in Aleppo, blaming the USA, the UK and France. On 5 December a Russian mobile hospital was hit by mortar fire, killing a female Russian medical worker and injuring other workers and civilians. In the video statement a ministry spokesman blames the attack on insurgents of the opposition, not al-Nusra militants encircled by the Syrian army in eastern Aleppo.

Dec 6, 2016

This is why the dead of Aleppo are buried only at night

Aleppo residents bury the dead only at night, while the bodies lay strewn across the city during the day.

Dec 4, 2016

Syria: Girl behind popular Twitter account lets JK Rowling know shes safe

Bana Alabed, who have been tweeting about her life in Aleppo, Syria, checked in with the author JK Rowling on Twitter on 2 December, following the reported bombing of her home.

Dec 3, 2016

Syria: Girl behind popular Twitter account lets JK Rowling know shes safe

Bana Alabed, who have been tweeting about her life in Aleppo, Syria, checked in with the author JK Rowling on Twitter on 2 December, following the reported bombing of her home.

Dec 3, 2016

Syria: World leaders call for ceasefire as over 30,000 people displaced in Aleppo

The Syrian army seized a new rebel district in Aleppo, according to fresh reports.

Dec 3, 2016

Syria: Government forces retake major rebel-held areas in Aleppo, nearly 10,000 civilians flee

Rebels have engaged in months-long battle with the Syrian government and their Russian allies in eastern Aleppo and want to topple the government

Nov 28, 2016

Thousands of civilians flee rebel-held Aleppo amid devastating bombing

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said that at least 124 people were killed in one day (26 November) during the 14-day-long assault by the Syrian army on the eastern part of rebel-hold Aleppo. It said at least 40 of the dead were civilians. Thirty members of pro-Assad forces were killed in the clashes, including those belonging to militias loyal to Damascus.

Nov 28, 2016

Syria rejects UN truce proposal for Aleppo, says won't give autonomy to rebel-held areas

The Syrian foreign minister said it was a matter of "national sovereignty" for the government to restore its rule in the area.

Nov 21, 2016

Morning Brief: Melania, Barron Trump won't be living in the White House, Every hospital in Aleppo been hit by airstrikes and more

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Nov 21, 2016

60-80 ISIS operatives in Europe preparing for attacks, says Dutch counter-terrorism expert

The fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria is scattering the operatives, Dick Schoof said.

Nov 20, 2016

Morning Brief: Assad regime forces targeting hospitals in Aleppo, TN CM shifted out of ICU, EPL results and more

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Nov 20, 2016

Syria: Regime forces are targeting hospitals in Aleppo, says monitoring group

At least four hospitals in the rebel-held eastern region of Aleppo have been put "out of service," says the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Nov 19, 2016

Battle for Mosul: Key supply line for Isis cut off as Tel Afar airbase falls

The airbase was a key supply line for Isis, which used it to transport people as well as materials between its strongholds in Iraq and Syria.

Nov 17, 2016

Hundreds of mannequin limbs block entrance to Russian embassy in protest of Aleppo air strikes

On 3 November activists from The Syria Campaign and Syria Solidarity UK blocked the entrance to the Russian Embassy in London to protest the bombing over Aleppo. Two activists chained themselves to the embassys gates, while a few dozen others have laid out 800 white mannequins limbs to represent the victims of the Russian and Syrian air strikes over the city. According to rights group Syrian Network for Human Rights, in October 2016 alone 1106 civilians were killed with 791 reportedly at the hands of the Assad regime and Russian forces.

Nov 4, 2016

Syria: Bashar-al-Assad Govt using starvation as 'weapon of war,' US says

The US has rejected Russian claims that it has stopped airstrikes in Syria's Aleppo.

Oct 29, 2016

Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton's Syria policy would lead to the Third World War

Trump also said that the US' emphasis should be defeating ISIS, not removing Bashar al-Assad.

Oct 26, 2016

Pope prays for ceasefire in Syria to evacuate trapped civilians

The rebel-held city of eastern Aleppo has come under heavy aerial attack by Russia.

Oct 12, 2016

Russia to upgrade naval facility in Syria's Tartus to permanent base

Russia has been a staunch ally of Bashar al-Assad, and provides direct military help using its air force.

Oct 10, 2016