Russia says over 8,000 people have fled rebel-held Aleppo in the last 24 hours
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian military said on Friday it had helped more than 8,000 Syrian citizens flee parts of eastern Aleppo still controlled by rebels in the last 24 hours, including almost 3,000...
View ArticleUN: Hundreds of men reportedly missing after fleeing from east Aleppo into...
Geneva (AFP) - The UN human rights office voiced concern Friday that hundreds of men may have gone missing after fleeing eastern Aleppo into government-controlled parts of the city. "While it's very...
View ArticleGulf Arab states that have funded and armed Syrian rebels are not ready to...
DUBAI (Reuters) - Gulf Arab states that have funded and armed the rebels fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are not yet ready to give up on aiding the insurgency, even as the rebels seem...
View ArticleWatch a US-led airstrike wipe out a major ISIS revenue source in the heart of...
Iraqi forces continue to battle ISIS neighborhood by neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city and ISIS' last stronghold in the country.In neighboring Syria, progress against the terrorist...
View ArticleProtesters stormed the stage during Jeremy Corbyn's speech on human rights
Jeremy Corbyn's speech on human rights on Saturday was interrupted by a group of protesters holding signs that read "Sanction Russia for war crimes."The demonstrators were led by British human rights...
View ArticleISIS militants have re-entered Palmyra after heavy fighting
AMMAN (Reuters) - Islamic State militants on Saturday captured most of Palmyra after breaking through Syrian army defenses and securing the heights around the ancient city in eastern Syria following a...
View ArticleOver 10,000 civilians have reportedly fled east Aleppo in the last 24 hours
Beirut (AFP) - More than 10,000 civilians have fled eastern parts of Aleppo in the past 24 hours for districts of the city under the control of Syria's government, a monitor said Monday.It takes to...
View ArticleSyrian troops advance in east Aleppo as they close in on thousands of civilians
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's state media and an opposition monitoring group say the government troops and allied militias have seized a wide strip on the southern edge Aleppo from rebels, closing in on tens...
View Article'The final phase': The Syrian regime is close to breaking the back of the...
Aleppo (Syria) (AFP) - The Syrian army captured a major district of Aleppo on Monday from rebel fighters, now confined to a small pocket of their former bastion in the city's east.President Bashar...
View ArticlePhotos show Aleppo before and after war
It has been reported on Monday that the battle for Aleppo was nearing its end after over five years of bloody civil war.Sky News cited the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, saying the rebels had...
View ArticleFrance: Russia tells 'constant lies' about what it's doing in Aleppo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Russian government has been constantly lying about its willingness to negotiate a ceasefire in Aleppo, France's foreign minister said on Monday, accusing Moscow of...
View ArticleSyrian rebel official: 'We will not make any concessions' to Russia or Assad
PARIS (Reuters) - Syria's chief opposition coordinator Riad Hijab said on Monday that defeat in Aleppo would not weaken the resolve of opponents of President Bashar al-Assad to remove him from...
View ArticleSyrian army general: We are in the 'final stages' of recapturing Aleppo from...
ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian army and its allies are in the "final stages" of recapturing Aleppo after a sudden advance that has pushed rebels to the brink of collapse in an...
View ArticleThe Kremlin blames the lack of US cooperation for ISIS re-entering Palmyra
Moscow (AFP) - The Kremlin on Monday deplored the lack of cooperation with the United States in Palmyra after Islamic State jihadists re-entered the ancient Syrian city over the weekend."We regret that...
View ArticleThe Syrian army has completely re-taken Aleppo areas left by rebels
ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's army and its allies have taken full control over all the Aleppo districts abandoned by rebels during their retreat in the city, a Syrian military source said on...
View ArticlePeople in east Aleppo are posting harrowing goodbye messages on social media
The battle for Aleppo is drawing to a close as thousands of civilians are still trapped in the eastern part of the city.The International Committee of the Red Cross has warned that lives are at risk as...
View ArticleUN: Aleppo is in 'a complete meltdown of humanity'
The United Nations said on Tuesday it had reports of Syrian government troops and allied Iraqi militia killing civilians in eastern Aleppo, including 82 people in four different neighborhoods in the...
View ArticleSummary executions and forced conscription: Aleppo cease-fire deal reached...
Syrian rebel officials announced late Tuesday morning that they had reached a cease-fire deal with Russia to evacuate some opposition forces and civilians from the besieged city of eastern Aleppo.The...
View ArticleEU: We will not pay to help rebuild Aleppo if Syria's opposition has no...
BRUSSELS, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The European Union will not pay towards rebuilding post-war Syria if Moscow and Damascus leave no space in the future for opposition to President Bashar al-Assad's...
View ArticleA message from Aleppo: 'Tomorrow will be too late for us'
East Aleppo, Syria - We are all praying for rain. When it rains, the planes can't fly and the bombardment stops for a short while.We are hoping that it rains long enough for the powers of the world to...
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