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The world is at last, reluctantly, looking at the horrors unfolding in Aleppo. The dictatorship of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, with the support of Iran, Russia, Hezbollah and other Iran ...
Aleppo’s sudden fall marks a turning point in Syria’s civil war, led by a unified rebel assault that overwhelmed both ground ...
Syrian boys cry following Russian air strikes on the rebel-held Fardous neighbourhood of the northern embattled Syrian city of Aleppo on October 11. Regime ally Russia carried out its heaviest ...
BEIRUT -- The Aleppo that Ibrahim al-Haj’s son Laith was born into 10 months ago is now being destroyed. The opposition-held districts of the Syrian city have been surrounded and under siege for ...
An estimated 20,000 people have fled Aleppo in recent days. A few thousand remained, many trapped on buses in blizzard-like conditions, with little to eat or drink when a jittery truce broke down.
ALEPPO, Syria — Before the war, Aleppo’s ancient walled citadel drew in armies of visitors to one of the Middle East’s greatest treasures. But for the past four years the Citadel&… ...
BEIRUT – Nearly four years since it began, Syria's civil war has defied all diplomatic attempts to broker a peaceful resolution. While the conflict has recently been overshadowed by the U.S.-led ...
Christians in Aleppo now anxiously await more information about the future. Most have chosen to stay in their homes, either out of resolve or because leaving is not an option.
And now the U.N. is raising the alarm over access to potable water. Aleppo lost its running water supply on July 31, after attacks on an electricity transmission station that powers the city's ...
Just 300 miles separate Mosul, Iraq, and Aleppo, Syria, two cities very much in the news in recent months. They are in the grips of separate government-led offensives to reclaim the cities from ...
One such businessman and now parliamentarian for Aleppo, Fares Shehabi, remembered his time in Club d’Alep, an exclusive, members-only club opened in 1945 that hosted bridge games, among other ...
The U.S. has the means to restrain Putin in Syria. But no one believes we will use those measures, so, in the ruins of U.S. credibility, Putin retains the bloody initiative.