The Commission of Inquiry on Syria released its report Wednesday looking at violations by all parties in the final chapter of the battle for Aleppo. Continue reading →

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. Continue reading →

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. Continue reading →

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. Continue reading →

The last group of rebels and their families holed up in a small enclave in Aleppo were evacuated on Thursday, under a deal that gives the army and its allies full control of the city after years of fighting. Continue reading →

Syrian rebels resumed their evacuation from Aleppo on Wednesday, paving the way for the government to reassume control of the war-torn city. Continue reading →

Obama is accusing the Syrian government and its two powerful allies of deliberately “surrounding, besieging and starving innocent civilians.” Continue reading →

The Syrian government’s expected recapture of Aleppo after a prolonged and punishing air assault is a defining moment in the country’s devastating civil war: it leaves President Bashar Assad in control of almost all major urban areas – and poised to petition for a role in the world community’s broader war against Islamic State militants… Continue reading →