Aleppo

Andrei Karlov Dead: Russian Ambassador to Turkey Killed in Gun Attack

Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, has died after a Turkish police officer shot him in an apparent protest at…

8 years ago

Vladimir Putin Cancels France Visit amid Row over Syria

Vladimir Putin has decided to cancel a planned visit to France amid a row over Syria. The Russian president had…

8 years ago

Gary Johnson Ridiculed After Aleppo Gaffe

Gary Johnson, one of the third-party candidates in the presidential election, has been ridiculed after being wrong-footed by a question…

8 years ago

Abu Muhammad al-Adnani: Key ISIS Leader Killed In Aleppo

Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, one of the longest-serving and most prominent leaders of ISIS has been killed in Aleppo, Syria, ISIS-affiliated…

8 years ago

Syria war: Damascus willing to suspend Aleppo air strikes for six weeks

Damascus has agreed to halt its aerial bombardment of Aleppo for six weeks for a trial ceasefire, UN envoy to…

10 years ago

Syria: Large explosion destroys Carlton Citadel Hotel in Aleppo

Carlton Citadel Hotel and several other buildings have been destroyed by a huge explosion in the northern Syrian city of…

11 years ago

Syrian rebels ban croissants in Aleppo

Syrian rebels in the city of Aleppo have banned croissants as symbols of “colonial” oppression. Syria is a former French…

11 years ago

Umayyad Mosque minaret destroyed in Aleppo clashes

The minaret of Umayyad Mosque, one of Syria's most famous, has been destroyed during clashes in the northern city of…

12 years ago

Aleppo university blasts kill more than 50 people

More than fifty people have been killed by two blasts in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, activists and officials…

12 years ago

Egyptair resumes Syria flights to Damascus and Aleppo

Egyptair has announced it will resume flights to the Syrian cities of Damascus and Aleppo on Monday, after a three-day…

12 years ago

Syrian rebels may have committed war crimes, says UN

The United Nations Organization says a video that appears to show Syrian rebels killing soldiers or pro-government militiamen could be…

12 years ago

Syria: at least 25 people killed in a warplane strike in Aleppo as UN envoy starts job

Violence is continuing in Syria, with opposition activists saying that a warplane may have killed as many as 25 people…

12 years ago

Bashar al-Assad says Syrian government needs more time to win the battle against rebels

President Bashar al-Assad has said Syrian government needs more time to "win the battle" against rebel forces. In an interview…

12 years ago

Barack Obama warns Syria’s chemical weapons use may spark US intervention

President Barack Obama has said the use of chemical weapons by Syria would be a "red line" that would change…

12 years ago

Lakhdar Brahimi confirmed as new UN Syria envoy

Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi has been appointed as the new UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, officials have confirmed. Lakhdar Brahimi,…

12 years ago

Lakhdar Bahrimi to be appointed as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria

Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi is expected to be appointed as the new UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, according to diplomats.…

12 years ago

Syrian rebels lose strategic district Salah al-Din in Aleppo

Syrian rebel commanders say they have lost control of the strategic Salah al-Din district in the northern city of Aleppo…

12 years ago

Syrian government forces take full control of strategic district Salah al-Din in Aleppo

Syrian government forces have taken full control of strategic district Salah al-Din in the biggest city, Aleppo, after fierce fighting,…

12 years ago

Syrian troops massed around Aleppo for final assault

More than 20,000 Syrian troops are deployed around Aleppo, military sources say, as fighting rages for control of the country's…

12 years ago

UN General Assembly condemns Security Council for failing to end Syria unrest

The UN General Assembly has voted by a big majority to condemn its own Security Council for failing to end…

12 years ago

Syria: Aleppo fighting increased in the past few days

Fighting in Syria's embattled city of Aleppo has increased significantly in the past few days, the UN says. Sausan Ghosheh…

12 years ago

Syria: 200,000 people fled Aleppo battle in the past two days

United Nations announces that some 200,000 people have fled intense fighting in Syria's second city Aleppo in the past two…

12 years ago

More Syrian diplomats defect as Aleppo fighting intensifies

Two more senior Syrian diplomats have defected amid mounting pressure on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, the US has…

12 years ago

New clashes rock Syria’s main cities

New fighting is reported in Syria's two biggest cities - Damascus and Aleppo - as government forces seek to regain…

12 years ago

Syria: at least 25 people killed in two bomb attacks in country’s second city of Aleppo

At least 25 people have been killed in two bomb attacks targeting security forces compounds in Syria's second city of Aleppo,…

13 years ago