Tag: Aleppo
Iran’s Rouhani congratulates Assad on Aleppo victory
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani phoned his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday to congratulate him on the impending defeat of rebel forces in the...
Aleppo evacuation delayed, opposition blames pro-Assad militia
The evacuation of rebel-held eastern Aleppo was delayed on Wednesday and, while a war monitor said the reason was unclear, an opposition official blamed...
Assad confident as rebels lose more ground in Aleppo
President Bashar al-Assad said a victory for his army in Aleppo would be a "huge step" towards ending the country's five-year civil war, as...
Twitter account of Syrian girl trapped in Aleppo disappears
Seven-year-old Bana Alabed, who grabbed the world’s attention with heart-wrenching Twitter posts on war-stricken Aleppo, has disappeared from social media according to CNN.
The foreboding last message...
Clown of Aleppo dies in air strike
A Syrian man who worked as a clown to bring comfort to children in a rebel-held part of Aleppo is reported to have been...
UN envoy warns Aleppo risks becoming ‘one giant graveyard’
A top UN envoy on Wednesday pleaded with the Security Council to help break the siege of Aleppo, warning that residents of the Syrian...
Syria forces retake 6 Aleppo rebel areas, civilians flee
Government forces retook six rebel-held districts of eastern Aleppo over the weekend, forcing nearly 10,000 civilians to flee as they pressed their offensive Sunday...
Fears for Aleppo civilians as Syria regime advances
Syrian government forces advanced quickly inside rebel-held east Aleppo on Monday, as the UN raised the alarm for nearly one million people living under...
US slams ‘heinous’ attacks on rebel-held Aleppo
Syria's government pounded rebel-held Aleppo with air strikes and artillery fire on Saturday, killing 27 people and prompting Washington to condemn the "heinous actions"...
U.N. aborts plan to evacuate patients from Aleppo, blames all parties
The United Nations has abandoned plans to evacuate patients from besieged rebel-held east Aleppo which it had hoped to accomplish during a three day...
UN to begin evacuations from Aleppo if truce holds
The United Nations hopes to carry out the first medical evacuations from Aleppo on Friday, if the “humanitarian pause” in the Syrian army’s Russian-backed...
Syria launches Aleppo push as truce plan flounders
A defiant Syrian regime launched a new assault on rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Thursday as the United States and Russia failed to revive a...
Chinese military will train Syrian troops
China’s military will provide training for Syrian armed forces, a spokesman for Beijing’s defence ministry said on Thursday, adding it would take place on...
Heartbreaking photo of Syrian boy draws attention to Aleppo
Caked in dust, 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh was retrieved on Wednesday from rubble following an airstrike in Aleppo’s Qaterji neighbourhood.
Sitting alone in the back of...
