Aleppo

• 5 killed in attack on hospital in northwestern Syria

  The explosion killed at least five civilians, including a child and a woman, and injured medical staff, according to the Syrian Civil Defence volunteers.

  World

  Mar 21
• Syrian government forces make advances in northwest, further securing Aleppo region

  The Syrian government advance appeared to put the provincial capital of Aleppo out of the firing range of opposition groups for the first time in years.

  World

  Feb 16, 2020
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• At least 18 dead after airstrikes hit northwest Syria

  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the opposition’s Syrian Civil Defense said four people, including a child and two women, were killed in airstrikes on the rebel-held village of Bara.

  World

  Dec 7, 2019
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• Soapy success for Syrian refugee continuing family business in Canada

  A Syrian refugee, whose family were traditional soap makers for more than a century in Aleppo, opened his third Aleppo Savon location in Alberta inside West Edmonton Mall this weekend.

  Consumer

  Dec 2, 2019
• 12 killed, several wounded by car bomb in northern Syria

  A car bomb exploded Saturday in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkey-backed opposition fighters, killing at least 12 people and wounding several others, Syrian opposition activists and Turkey's Defence Ministry said.

  World

  Nov 16, 2019
• At least 50 injured in suspected rebel poison gas attack: Syria state TV

  Most of those admitted to hospitals had breathing problems and blurred vision, doctors told state TV.

  World

  Nov 24, 2018
• Zoo animals rescued from war zones in Syria and Iraq find sanctuary in Jordan

  Lions, tigers and bears from an Aleppo zoo were loaded on trucks and rescued from bombing and starvation in Syria. Rescuers say the risk is worth it.

  World

  Jul 31, 2018
• Syria says military site outside Aleppo struck by Israeli rockets

  Syrian state media said on Sunday that Israeli rockets had hit a Syrian military position near Nairab airport on the outskirts of the city of Aleppo.

  World

  Jul 15, 2018
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• Syrian military bases report being struck by ‘enemy rockets’

  The Syrian army said on Sunday that rockets had struck several military bases in the Hama and Aleppo countryside in what it said was new "aggression" by its enemies, state television said.

  World

  Apr 29, 2018
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• Pregnant lion rescued from damaged zoo in war-torn Aleppo, moved to Turkey

  The animals survived more than six years of intense clashes at the abandoned Aalim al-Sahar (Magic World) zoo.

  Environment

  Jul 29, 2017