Battle For Aleppo

• Syrian government intentionally bombed aid convoy in Aleppo, killing 14 workers, UN report says

  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.

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  Mar 1, 2017
  
• 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.

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  Dec 24, 2016
  
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• 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.

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  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.

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  Dec 22, 2016
• Syrian military says Aleppo evacuations complete, ending 4-year rebel hold on city

  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.

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  Dec 22, 2016
• Syrian refugees in Saskatoon fear for family still living in Aleppo

  A family of Syrian refugees living in Saskatoon says family left behind in Aleppo cannot leave.

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  Dec 21, 2016
• Aleppo evacuations resume as Syrian government regains control of city

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

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  Dec 21, 2016
• Barack Obama slams Syria, Russia over Aleppo atrocities

  Obama is accusing the Syrian government and its two powerful allies of deliberately "surrounding, besieging and starving innocent civilians."

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  Dec 16, 2016
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• Why the recapture of Aleppo could be a key moment in Syria’s bloody civil war

  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...

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  Dec 14, 2016