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Syria’s interim government launched a security operation in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maksoud district on Friday, accusing the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of violating a withdrawal agreement. The dispute revived clashes with shelling and gunfire in parts of Aleppo after the SDF refused to withdraw from districts they’ve controlled since 2011.

Rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad roamed the streets of Syrian city of Aleppo on Friday night, saying they have liberated it from al-Assad’s hold. “By God’s will and the efforts of the fighters, Aleppo is now under full control,” said Mohammed Izzo, an opposition fighter from Aleppo who left in 2016. He added, “I...

More than two dozen are dead after Syrian rebels launched attacks in rural parts of Aleppo earlier this week, despite a ceasefire being in place since late 2019. The attacks caused heavy losses to the Syrian military, with officials in Damascus looking to rally allies to prevent the civil war from flaring up. Kyle Benning...

Syria’s civil war, which was seemingly stagnant for years, is back in the international spotlight after a sudden rebel advance on the country’s second largest city of Aleppo. Redmond Shannon explains why the violence has reignited, and how Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is now relying on Russia and Iran to help fight back.

The shock offensive in Syria — that country has been gripped with civil war for over a decade but the conflict had remained mostly stagnant over the past few years until last week. Syrian rebels belonging to a militant group known as HTS launched an offensive in Syria’s city of Aleppo. That escalation is now...

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A US-backed, Kurdish-led fighting force managed to secure control of 40 percent of the Islamic State-held town of Manbij in northern Syria, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Fighting between Syrian government forces and opposition forces continued in and around the contested city of Aleppo on Thursday, despite a Russian promise of a three-hour ceasefire for the city to allow humanitarian aid in to besieged areas.

Syrian government forces have been accused of a chlorine gas attack in the Syrian city of Aleppo that has suffocated dozens of people. Yiming Woo reports.

Syria’s army said Monday it had full control of dozens of towns in Aleppo’s northwestern countryside and would continue its campaign to wipe out militant groups.

United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Monday during a trip to Aleppo, Syria, that the rescue phase in response to the earthquakes that hit Syria and Turkey was “coming to a close,” and that urgency must now switch to providing shelter, food, schooling and psychosocial care. He said the UN would have aid...

Colonel Steven Warren said Wednesday via video teleconference that U.S. forces and coalition forces did not operate air strikes in Aleppo, Syria in 2016, and yet Russian and Syrian regime air forces were active in the area.

The Syrian Ministry of Tourism shared a promotional video on September 29 titled “Aleppo…Will of Life.” The video shows scenes from regime-held areas of west Aleppo to the tune of the “Game of Thrones” theme music, while ignoring opposition-held areas in east Aleppo.

A hotel came under fire on on Wednesday night in Aleppo as violence in the besieged city continued. According to Russian state television, several shells landed close to a hotel frequented by journalists and humanitarian organisations.

In an English-language report released on September 28, a media activist with Qasioun News Agency claimed that Russia and Syria were using bunker-buster bombs in attacks on the besieged city of Aleppo.

Video released by Syrian forces showed troops clashing with opposition fighters, amid reports the government has taken over 96 per cent of the city.

Tue, Dec 13: The last remaining civilians in Aleppo, Syria are caught in the deadly final hours of battle. As Mike Armstrong reports, people have been sending goodbye messages as reports of executions emerge.

The bombs are falling again in Aleppo, Syria as a ceasefire broke Wednesday morning. It was supposed to be a window for people to escape the eastern part of the city, but that never happened. As Mike Armstrong reports, the fighting continues with each side blaming the other.

Civilians and fighters are being evacuated from the last opposition-held neighborhood in east Aleppo as part of an agreement between rebels and the Syrian government that will return Syria’s largest city to government control.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group says ambulances and municipal buses crossed from the government territory and arrived in eastern Aleppo on Thursday to evacuate civilians and rebel fighters.