Thousands ready to leave Aleppo as new deal reachedTrapped civilians and rebels are waiting to leave east Aleppo in Syria after a new deal was reportedly reached for evacuations to resume, said a report. Government and rebel sources say the agreement will allow people to leave sev More… |
Syrian military jets pound rebel bases in AleppoSyrian government aircraft have bombed besieged rebel-held eastern districts of the city of Aleppo for the first time in three weeks, said a report citing activists. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that at least f More… |
Syrian govt forces step up Aleppo offensiveForces backing Syrian President Bashar Assad pressed their offensive on Tuesday on Aleppo's rebel-held zone from the south, after capturing areas on other fronts in recent days, a report said. With new reinforcements, the stra More… |
No joint work with Russia till Aleppo assault ends, says USThe United States threatened on Wednesday to halt its diplomacy with Russia on Syria and it said it held Russia accountable for the use of incendiary and bunker-busting bombs on Aleppo - a view a U.S. official said could open Moscow up to charge More… |
Syrian army starts new major offensive in AleppoThe Syrian army announced the start of a new military offensive in the rebel-held east of the city of Aleppo on Thursday, signalling a potential further escalation in a bombing campaign by Russian and Syrian jets that rebels say has already inte More… |
Syria ceasefire seen near collapseA week-old Syrian ceasefire brokered by the US and Russia was in deep trouble on Monday as a rebel official said it had practically failed and signalled insurgents were preparing for a full resumption of fighting. Already widely v More… |
Syrian forces besiege rebel-held AleppoSyrian government forces and their allies again laid siege to rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Sunday, while Turkish-backed fighters drove Islamic State from all the areas along its border, in two significant but separate developments in the multi-s More… |
IS advances near Turkish border, civilians trappedIslamic State fighters captured territory from Syrian rebels near the Turkish border on Friday and inched closer to a town on a supply route for foreign-backed insurgents fighting the jihadists, a monitoring group said. The hardli More… |
Aleppo ceasefire extended by 48 hoursA ceasefire in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo will be extended by 48 hours beginning at 1 a.m. on Tuesday (2200 GMT Monday), state news agency SANA said on Monday, quoting the Syrian military high command. Aleppo, Syria's More… |
Truce extended for 72 hours in Aleppo, LatakiaRussia's defence ministry said a "regime of calm" truce in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo and parts of Latakia province had been extended "for 72 hours beginning at 1 am on Saturday" (2200 GMT on Friday), Syrian state More… |