Tag: Battle of Aleppo

The evacuation of thousands of refugees from the besieged city of Aleppo has stopped and the status of the operation ...

The evacuation of civilians and rebel fighters from eastern Aleppo in Syria has come to a halt. Russia, which backs ...

More than 3,000 people have been evacuated in buses and ambulances from a besieged rebel-held enclave in the Syrian city ...

Ambulances trying to evacuate people from rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Thursday came under fire from fighters loyal to the Syrian ...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced alarm "over reports of atrocities against a large number of civilians" in Syria's city ...

The Islamic State (IS) group has retaken the Syrian city of Palmyra, hours after Russian air strikes appeared to have ...

As the Syrian army continues to fight its way through the old city of Aleppo, the tide of those fleeing ...

The move is to allow for the evacuation of civilians trapped in the battle zone. Mr Lavrov said some 8,000 ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said a victory for his army in Aleppo would be a "huge step" towards ending ...

Russia and China on Monday vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Syrian city ...

Syrian government forces have captured a key part of eastern Aleppo, splitting rebel-held territory in two. State TV said government ...

Syrian government forces have retaken a second rebel-held district in eastern Aleppo, military sources say. They say the army and ...

Syrian government forces have retaken the largest rebel-controlled district in eastern Aleppo, state media report. The capture of Masaken Hanano, ...

France has accused Syria and its allies of using political uncertainty in the US to launch "total war" against opposition-held ...

The number of people living under siege in Syria has doubled this year to almost one million, the UN says. ...

Children paying the price in battle for Aleppo A Syrian man carries a girl from a destroyed building after barrel ...

A UN proposal to end heavy fighting in the city of Aleppo has been rejected by the Syrian government. Under ...

An air strike has hit a children's hospital in Syria's eastern Aleppo, forcing its medical staff to evacuate their patients, ...

Few civilians took up the offer to leave rebel-held Aleppo during the pause in air strikes Warplanes have bombed besieged ...

The last remaining food rations are being distributed in besieged rebel-held eastern districts of the Syrian city of Aleppo, the ...