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Latest in Tag: aleppo
Egypt condemns Aleppo attacks, express concern over humanitarian situation
The death toll in the Al-Quds hospital attack has risen to 50, according to Doctors Without Borders.
UN reports dire days in Aleppo as airstrikes in Syria destroy hospital
According to the UN, the situation in Aleppo is ‘catastrophic.’ The aid lifeline that delivers supplies to millions of Syrians is at risk of being severed because of new government airstrikes.
Thousands of civilians may lose food supply if regime troops move forward in Aleppo: UN
Deployment of Gulf troops to Syria, which remains highly unlikely, would prevent that narrative from unfolding, says analyst
Tens of thousands of Syrians fled their homes near Aleppo after continuous Russian air strikes
Moscow still insists its operations in Syria are limited to fighting terrorist groups
Russian airstrikes kill scores in northern Syria: Monitor
Russia has carried out airstrikes in a rebel-held area in Syria, killing numerous insurgents and civilians, according to a monitor. Several governments have accused Moscow of targeting opponents of the Assad regime
Heavy fatalities as rebels shell Aleppo; France and Russia mull military action
At least 38 people have been killed in a rebel bombardment of Aleppo, many of them children. As “Islamic State” presses an offensive in the north, France and Russia are considering military options
Truce called between Syrian regime, insurgents
A monitoring group has said talks yield 48-hour ceasefire in northwest Syria along Lebanon border. A simultaneous ceasefire has been called to give relief to two loyalist villages in Idlib province. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says a deal to halt attacks was reached late Tuesday by the Islamist insurgent group Ahrar al-Sham …
Doctors are targets in brutal Syrian war
By Dr Cesar Chelala After four years of hostilities, the Syrian war doesnât show any signs of abating, and the needs for all kind of assistance grow more urgent every day. The situation is even more complex as medical and paramedical personnel have become targets of repression by the government. As a result, thousands of …
Shoukry meets UN Syria envoy
Egyptian foreign minister emphasises political solution to Syria crisis
ISIL crucifies 9 men in Syria’s Aleppo: NGO
Also in Aleppo province, a ninth man was executed and crucified in Al-Bab town near the border with Turkey.
Mortar fire on Syria schools kills child, hurts 40: Media
AFP – Mortar rounds fired on schools in the Syrian capital on Tuesday killed a child and wounded more than 40 people, among them more children, state media said. Rebels fighting to oust President Bashar Al-Assad hold some territory on the outskirts of Damascus from which they have regularly launched mortar and rocket attacks targeting …
Syria army advances in rebel town as war enters 4th year
A military source said â13 rebel chiefs leading operations are deadâ, adding there were âmany deaths among the insurgentsâ.
As Syria war enters fourth year, regime eyes victory
For now, neither side seems to have the means to win decisively a conflict that has cost more than 140,000 lives and displaced nearly half Syriaâs population, many of them now refugees.
Canadian journalist killed in Syria: Activists
AFP – A Canadian photojournalist, Ali Mustafa, has been killed in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, activists said. An official in the Aleppo opposition provincial capital said Mustafa, a freelancer who sold pictures to the SIPA and EPA agencies, was killed in the city on Sunday. The opposition Aleppo Media Centre also reported the …
Aleppoâs tears
By Dr Cesar Chelala âAleppo was a large and terrifying town,â wrote the American writer Frederic Prokosch in his famed novel âThe Asiaticsâ.  This has been never truer than now, as I read about the barrel bomb attacks that have killed dozens of civilians just in a few days. I look at an October 2013 photograph of a …
300 dead in 8 days of air raids on Syria’s Aleppo: NGO
Aleppo has been split between opposition and government forces since a massive rebel assault in the summer of 2012.
Aleppo stalemate fuels rebel frustration
The conflict in Syria has cost more than 115,000 lives since it erupted in March 2011 with peaceful protests that became a civil war after a harsh regime crackdown on dissent.
US pledges military aid to Syria rebels as battles rage
Obama’s administration announced Thursday it had conducted a review of intelligence reports and concluded that Syrian regime forces had used banned arms, including sarin nerve gas
Syriaâs air strikes âhit bakeries and hospitalsâ
HRW: Individuals who commit serious violations of the laws of war wilfully – that is intentionally or recklessly – are responsible for war crimes.
Russia says Syria rebels used chemical weapons
Russia says it has information Syria rebels used chemical weapons
Hundreds killed in Syria police academy battle: NGO
The UK-based group said at least 120 army troops were among those killed in the battle for one of the regime’s last remaining bastions in the west of Aleppo province. On Sunday alone, rebels had killed more than 34 troops at the facility.
Syria rebels see airport as key to taking Aleppo
“If the airport falls, all of Aleppo will fall,” said Colonel Abu Kosai, one of the rebel commanders
Syria universities shut, Aleppo blast toll at 87
More than 60,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in Syria’s conflict, according to the United Nations, while the Observatory says it has documented more than 48,000 dead.
Nine dead in Damascus car bomb amid rebel push
Many people were seriously wounded in the car-bomb attack in a northern Damascus neighbourhood
Jihadists eclipsing other rebels in Syria’s Aleppo
Islamist militants are known not only for their discretion, but also for their selflessness in combat
Syrian outsiders bogged down in battle for Aleppo
Air strikes and shelling have destroyed families, devastated homes and ruined businesses. Mushrooming piles of rubbish lie rotting in the streets.
‘Slim’ hope of truce as fighting rages on Syria battlefields
Fierce machinegun battles broke out near Aleppo’s ancient Umayyad Mosque, as troops fended off rebel attacks on their checkpoints, said a military source.
Syria to hold by-election for five parliament seats, state agency reports
Up for grabs are two seats for the province of Aleppo, one for Hama, another for Idlib and a fifth for Hasakeh, SANA said.
Syria rebels down fighter jet near Aleppo, says rights watchdog
The rebel Free Syrian Army claimed the downing of a MiG jet west of Aleppo.
At least 40 dead as bombs rip through Syria’s Aleppo
40 dead and 90 injured in a grand car bombing