Syrian forces have retaken the largest rebel-controlled area in east Aleppo. The capture of Hanano district, in north-east Aleppo, gives the army an advantage in its drive to seize other opposition-held areas, activists say. Hundreds of civilians have reportedly fled into Hanano. Some 275,000 people are under siege as the ... Read More »
Syrian government forces and rebels fought battles north of Aleppo and in the city center on Friday, a week into a Russian-backed offensive by the Syrian army to take the entire city, a war monitor and sources on both sides said. There were conflicting accounts on the outcome of Friday’s ... Read More »
Surrounded by shouting, he’s completely silent. The child is small, alone, covered in blood and dust, dropped in the back of an ambulance with his feet dangling off the edge of a too-big chair. He doesn’t cry or speak. His face is stunned and dazed, but not surprised. He wipes ... Read More »
The Syrian military and rebels unleashed deadly new assaults on each other Friday in Aleppo, with insurgents shelling a mosque for the duration of weekly prayers and government airstrikes hittingcompetition neighborhoods in escalating bloodshed the U.N. decried as a “immense brush aside for civilian lives by way of all events.” ... Read More »
