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Syrian rebels captured Aleppo from President Bashar al-Assad's forces, bringing hopes of return among hundreds of thousands exiled from the city, which has been under Assad's control since 2016.

BEIRUT — The leader of Syria’s most powerful insurgent group toured the seized city of Aleppo on Wednesday in a surprise visit — the first since the group captured large parts of the city ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Syria’s most powerful insurgent group toured the seized city of Aleppo on Wednesday in a surprise visit — the first since the group captured large parts of the ...

BEIRUT — The leader of Syria’s most powerful insurgent group Wednesday toured the seized city of Aleppo in a surprise visit for the first time since the group captured large parts of ...

The leader of Syria’s most powerful insurgent group has toured the seized city of Aleppo in a surprise visit, the first since the insurgents captured large parts of the city over the weekend as ...

Hours after Syrian rebels swept into Aleppo on Friday night, Abdulkareem Laila ventured into the city for the first time in eight years.

Eight years ago, Syria’s civil war shifted in President Bashar Al-Assad’s favor after a Russian blitzkrieg on Aleppo helped him regain control over the country’s second biggest city.