Aleppo Conflict

• Explosion rocks Syria’s Aleppo as residents return to their homes

  Syrian state TV says an explosion rocked eastern Aleppo as some residents were returning to their homes after the government assumed full control of the city earlier this week.

  World

  Dec 24, 2016
  
• Air strikes resume in Aleppo after shelling by retreating rebels

  Air strikes resumed in rebel-held areas of the countryside near Aleppo on Friday for the first time since the end of the evacuation operation.

  World

  Dec 24, 2016
  
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• Recapture of Aleppo by Syrian government marks end of brutal chapter in civil war

  The recapture of Aleppo marked Syrian President Bashar Assad's most significant victory since an uprising against his family's four-decade rule began in 2011.

  World

  Dec 22, 2016
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• Buses headed to Aleppo for evacuation attacked, burned

  Several buses en route to evacuate ill and injured people from the besieged Syrian villages of al-Foua and Kefraya were attacked and burned on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Syrian state television said.

  World

  Dec 18, 2016
• UN Security Council to vote on resolution for Aleppo evacuation

  The United Nations Security Council is due to vote Sunday on a resolution aimed at ensuring that U.N. officials can monitor evacuations from besieged parts of the Syrian city of Aleppo.

  World

  Dec 17, 2016
• Syrian rebels blame Iran for blocking Aleppo evacuation

  A senior Syrian rebel blamed Iran and its Shi'ite militias on Saturday of holding up the evacuation of civilians trapped in the remaining rebel bastion in Aleppo and urged Russia to live up to its commitment to implement the deal.

  World

  Dec 17, 2016
• How Canadians can help people in Aleppo

  As the world watches in horror as the devastating civil war continues, here are several things ordinary Canadians can do to help:

  Canada

  Dec 14, 2016