Syria says it has retaken Aleppo. These maps show the damage the 5-year conflict has done to Syria's largest city. ... as well as relatively urban pockets of territory around Damascus and Homs.

It has been seven months since Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power in Syria, thrusting the country into a new era after 54 ...

Imagine New York City getting annihilated by airstrikes. Or London being wiped off the map. Unless something changes soon, that’s the fate awaiting Aleppo, Syria’s massive economic and ...

Syrian Rebels Eyes Homs After Hama, Aleppo Fall, Government Looses Control Of Daraa City. Posted: 7 December 2024 | Last updated: 7 December 2024.

The renowned medina of Aleppo is in ruins. Homs is rubble, and even the Krac des Chevaliers, perched high on a hill, a structure built to withstand attacks including one by famed warrior Saladin ...

Aleppo is a major battle front in the Syrian conflict, which has killed more than 100,000 people and displaced millions since erupting in 2011. The prison has an estimated 3,000 detainees, many of ...

ALEPPO (Reuters) - The rebel banner of independence waves over the scorched streets and gutted cars that litter the urban battlegrounds of Aleppo, scars of a struggle in Syria's second largest ...

ALEPPO, Syria – Six months on from the east Aleppo evacuations – when civilians first saw a glimmer of hope after many months of miserable existence and enormous suffering – life for some is slowly ...

For those who don't know what it is, Aleppo is a city in Syria. Before the war it was the largest city in the country, well known for its historical sites and great food.

New York, July 13 (Petra) United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed profound concern over the ...

The situation in Syria remains uncertain, and speaking is the Catholic Archbishop of Homs, Father Jacques Murad, who tells of a continuous flow of displaced people from Aleppo, Syria's second most ...

"The situation in Homs is dangerous," says Father Jacques, "many refugees from Aleppo, including Christians, came to us via the old road in the first few days after the attack by the armed groups. We ...