Syria

Syria

Clown of Aleppo 'killed in Syrian or Russian air strike'

Reports from Syria say a social worker known as the “Clown of Aleppo” who helped the besieged city’s children has been killed in an air strike.

02/12/2016

Syria

Fresh fears for civilians as fighting rages in Aleppo

Syrian government forces say they gained more ground in Aleppo on Thursday.

01/12/2016

Syria

UN warns Aleppo risks becoming a 'graveyard'

At least 26 people are killed in latest artillery bombardments on Aleppo's rebel zone including some who had fled from frontline area.

01/12/2016

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Aleppo: 'Dozens of civilians killed' fleeing Syrian army advance

Syria’s army and its allies are tightening their grip on rebel-held parts of eastern Aleppo.

30/11/2016

Syria

Two Turkish soldiers go missing in Syria

ISIL fighters claim to have captured two Turkish soldiers in northeren Syria.

30/11/2016

Syria

Thousands flee Aleppo fighting

An estimated 16,000 people have been displaced as a result of Syrian government advances on rebel-held districts of Aleppo.

29/11/2016

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'Thousands uprooted' in eastern Aleppo as Syrian Army advances

Videos uploaded to social media websites purport to show thousands of residents from eastern Aleppo streaming into the Kurdish-controlled Sheikh Maqsoud district of the city after the Syrian Army and

29/11/2016

Syria

Syrian army captures a third of rebel-held territory in east Aleppo

Rebels lose a third of their territory in eastern Aleppo as Syrian government forces press on with their advance in a bid to take back the city.

29/11/2016

Syria

Civilians flee rebel-held eastern Aleppo as Syrian regime tightens grip

Men, women and children are fleeing the frontline in Aleppo as fierce fighting in the war-shattered Syrian city intensifies.

28/11/2016

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Syrian army breaks through into key al-Sakhour district of eastern Aleppo

Rebel-held territory in eastern Aleppo has been split in two after Syrian government forces captured the key district of al-Sakhour.

28/11/2016

Syria

Syrian army advances into rebel Aleppo

Thousands of civilians are fleeing the fighting between rebels and government forces in eastern Aleppo.

28/11/2016

Syria

Syrian army forces 'retake' key district in eastern Aleppo

Hundreds of residents of eastern Aleppo have fled the shifting front lines, as Syrian government forces continue their push to cut the rebel-stronghold in two.

27/11/2016

Syria

Siege of Aleppo: battle reaches crescendo

Syrian pro-government forces are believed to have reclaimed the largest rebel-controlled district in Aleppo.

27/11/2016

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Air strikes kill dozens in eastern Aleppo - monitor

Video shared online purports to show the aftermath of air strikes in eastern Aleppo.

25/11/2016

Syria

Syria offers Russia priority in reconstruction contracts following civil war destruction

As fresh reports emerge of possible chemical attacks on eastern Aleppo, Syria offers Russia priority in reconstruction contracts.

22/11/2016

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Aleppo's bloody week

Aleppo’s children are the victims of the ongoing fighting: among them school children in the government-controlled west of the city and a girl in a rebel-held district in the…

21/11/2016

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Children's hospital targeted in Aleppo

Footage obtained from the Associated Press agency appears to show the moment a children’s hospital is struck by warplanes in Aleppo.

21/11/2016

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'Time running out for east Aleppo' UN envoy warns

While diplomacy falters, the fighting rages on. A rebel shelling killed eight children at a school in western Aleppo, while a barrel bomb killed a family of six in the rebel-held east.

20/11/2016

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Boy and girl rescued through the rubble in Aleppo

Video footage uploaded on social media purports to show two children being rescued from the rubble of damaged buildings allegedly in Yaqid al Adas, in Aleppo…

20/11/2016

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Syria: hospitals in eastern Aleppo 'bombed out of use'

Hospitals in besieged rebel-held districts of the Syrian city have been hit by intense airstrikes in recent days, several sources say.

19/11/2016

Syria

UN says aid convoy attack could be considered 'war crime'

An attack on a United Nations aid convoy in Syria in which 20 people died could be considered a ‘war crime’ by the Security Council if the perpetrators are identified, the organisation…

18/11/2016

Syria

Aleppo's famed cat sanctuary among recent victims in war-torn Syria

Aleppo's cat sanctuary, one of the last vestiges of life before the war, and now a symbol of the war's brutality, bombed in air strike

17/11/2016

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Syria: amateur video shows children rushed to hospital after Aleppo air strikes

Syria’s White Helmets rush to a neighbourhood in Aleppo targeted by air strikes as injured children are treated in a field hospital, amateur video posted online…

17/11/2016

Syria

Renewed airstrikes on Aleppo kill at least 20 people, including children

In Syria, government forces have pounded Aleppo for a second day, killing at least 20 people, monitors and medics say.

16/11/2016

Syria

Syria's Assad sees Trump as 'an ally against terrorism'

President Assad gives his first reaction to the election of Donald Trump describing him as a possible 'ally in the fight against terror'

16/11/2016

Syria

Russian planes resume intense air strikes in Syria

Russian planes have taken to the skies over Syria again after a 28-day pause targeting Islamic militant groups in Idlib and Homs.

15/11/2016