Syria

Syria

Syria: Assad forces tighten grip on Aleppo

Russian-backed Syrian forces seized strategic territory to the north of Aleppo on Saturday, marking the first major ground advance of an offensive to retake rebel-held zones and bring the entire city

24/09/2016

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Toddler and a little girl rescued from rubble in Aleppo

Amateur video shows a baby boy and a little girl being rescued from the rubble in Aleppo, after the Syrian city is hit by a wave of heavy air strikes.

24/09/2016

Syria

American-Russian Syrian diplomacy gets bogged down as bombs fall on Aleppo

Russia and the United States continue their stumbling diplomacy over Syria on the margins of the UN General Assembly, with little sign of progress.

23/09/2016

Syria

Russian aid reaches Aleppo

Following heavy airstrikes, which killed 90 people, reportedly involving Russian jets, Russian humanitarian aid is being distributed in parts of Aleppo.

23/09/2016

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Syria: Unprecedented airstrikes hit Aleppo killing over 90

The Syrian Army’s offensive in rebel-held eastern-Aleppo is said to have been the heaviest in months.

23/09/2016

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Civil defence centres 'targeted' as Syrian army's Aleppo offensive intensifies

The Syrian army’s new offensive in the rebel-held east of Aleppo has intensified.

23/09/2016

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Syrian Army announces new offensive in rebel-held eastern Aleppo

The Syrian Army, has announced a new offensive in the rebel-held east of Aleppo, days after a week-long ceasefire crumbled.

23/09/2016

Syria

Syria's Assad says US 'lacks will' to work with Russia to defeat terrorists

Embattled Syrian President Bashar al Assad has hit out at the US, saying it has no will to work with Russia to defeat ISIL and other groups seen as terrorist in…

22/09/2016

Syria

The UN resumes aid deliveries to Syria as overnight airstrikes hit Aleppo

The United Nations has said it will resume aid operations to Syria by sending trucks to a besieged district near Damascus.

22/09/2016

Syria

UN to resume aid deliveries in Syria

Officials say Aleppo is not on the list of destinations for deliveries that could resume as early as Thursday.

21/09/2016

Syria

Claim and counterclaim as US and Russia row over destroyed aid convoy

The short lived truce in Syria brokered by the US and Russia is in tatters after a UN aid convoy was destroyed.

21/09/2016

Syria

Four medical workers killed in Syria airstrike

Four medical workers from the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations were killed overnight by an airstrike in Syria.

21/09/2016

Syria

US accuses Russia of air strike on Syria aid convoy

The Obama administration has accused Russian forces of the airstrike on a UN aid convoy, which shattered the fragile peace agreement in Syria.

21/09/2016

Syria

Syria ceasefire is 'not dead' insists Kerry, despite attack on aid convoy

At talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry insisted that the Syrian ceasefire is “not dead”, despite the devastating strike on a huma

21/09/2016

Syria

UN suspends all aid to Syria after convoy attack

The United Nations has suspended all aid convoys in Syria after its trucks were hit during a deadly air raid near Aleppo.

20/09/2016

Syria

Humanitarian aid convoy hit by air strike in Syria

An international aid convoy has been hit by an air strike while delivering aid to 78,000 people in the hard-to-reach town of Urm al-Kubra in Syria.

20/09/2016

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Syrian aid convoy hit by air strikes near Aleppo

An aid convoys which had been trying to reach a remote rebel-held area is hit in an airstrike - 18 of the 31 trucks are struck with many casualties reported, mostly drivers

19/09/2016

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Syrian ceasefire over

The Syrian Army has announced the end of last week’s ceasefire blaming rebels and citing over 300 violations of the agreement.

19/09/2016

Syria

Syrian speak out ahead UN refugee summit

As the UN General Assembly prepares to host a high-level summit to address the refugee and migrant crisis, the reality for the millions of Syrians who have fled the country since 2011 is one of frustr

19/09/2016

Cinema

Inside the mind of a suicide bomber

Norwegian documentary-maker Pål Refsdal tries to show "the other side" in his documentary 'Dugma: The Button', in which he films the daily life of "martyrs in waiting" in Syria.

19/09/2016

Syria

Syrian truce at stake

The US/Russian brokered ceasefire which expired at midnight on Monday has not been officially extended.

19/09/2016

Syria

Aleppo pounded by air strikes - monitors

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says people have been injured in the Syrian city. The group says it is not possible to identify who was behind the air strikes.

18/09/2016

Syria

Syria ceasefire under pressure after US-led strikes reportedly kill soldiers

Will Syria’s shaky ceasefire survive this latest setback?

18/09/2016

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Russia casts doubt on US commitment to Syria ceasefire

A fragile ceasefire in Syria appears largely to be holding, but tensions are rising between its brokers.

17/09/2016

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What next for Syria's ceasefire? UN meeting cancelled at last minute

The US and Russia say they want to extend the ceasefire they have brokered in Syria.

17/09/2016

Syria

Syrian ceasefire still alive but not solid enough for aid to get through

Sporadic shelling continues in eastern suburbs of Damascus but a fragile truce between government forces and rebels in Syria is still holding – just.

16/09/2016