Syria

Syria

Ceasefire 'urgently needed' in Aleppo - UN

The UN says two million residents have been left without access to running water or electricity after attacks hit civilian infrastructure last week.

09/08/2016

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Battle for Aleppo intensifies as rebels and regime troops send in reinforcements

Both rebels and government troops are sending in reinforcements to Aleppo as the long battle for Syria’s second city intensifies.

09/08/2016

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Rebels 'break government siege' in eastern Aleppo - reports

Islamist rebels in Syria say they have broken through to besieged opposition-held areas in eastern Aleppo.

06/08/2016

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ISIL 'almost completely' ousted from northern Syrian city of Manbij

Kurdish-led forces say they have almost ousted ISIL from Manbij.

06/08/2016

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13 people - including nine children - die in fighting in Aleppo

Government forces and their allies, with Russian backing, have imposed a siege on the rebel-held sector of the city since early July.

05/08/2016

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Villagers in Syria take broken power lines into their own hands...literally

04/08/2016

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Syria: Fighting intensifies around Aleppo

A government-led-offensive has intensified fighting around Aleppo in recent days.

04/08/2016

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Syria: 5 years on

A look at the devastating effects the war in Syria has had on the population since it began.

03/08/2016

Syria

Video footage released of suspected chlorine gas attack in Syria

Syrian rebels have released video footage of a suspected chlorine gas attack in Syria.

03/08/2016

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Syria: Anti-ISIL forces gain ground as Assad is blamed for 'gas attack'

US-backed Kurdish-led fighters say they now control nearly three quarters of a strategic city in northern Syria, that was an ISIL stronghold.

02/08/2016

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Five confirmed dead after Russian helicopter shot down in Syria

A Russian helicopter carrying five military personnel has been downed in Northern Syria after coming under hostile fire from the ground, killing everyone on…

01/08/2016

Syria

Jihadist rebels begin major assault on government-held areas of Aleppo.

Syrian rebel fighters, linked to jihadists, have begun a major assault on government-held areas of Aleppo.

01/08/2016

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Women and children use 'safe corridors' to escape Aleppo - Syria TV reports

More than 150 civilians – mostly women and children – have been leaving besieged eastern parts of the Aleppo, according to Syrian TV reports.

31/07/2016

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Syrian state media reports civilians have begun to leave besieged Aleppo

Syrian state media reports dozens of families have begun to leave the besieged north-western city of Aleppo.

30/07/2016

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Fatal air strike targets Syrian maternity hospital

A maternity hospital in Syria’s Idlib province supported by Save the Children has been hit by an air strike.

29/07/2016

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Syrian opposition reject humanitarian corridors as a ploy to empty Aleppo

The United Nations has called on Russia to allow the UN and aid agencies to monitor the four humanitarian corridors out of the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo.

29/07/2016

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Nusra Front militant group says it's ending ties with al Qaeda

Al Qaeda’s powerful Syrian branch, the Nusra Front, says it is cutting ties with the global militant network.

29/07/2016

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Corridors to open in besieged Aleppo for civilians and rebels who surrender

The Syrian government is to open humanitarian corridors to let civilians flee the besieged northern city of Aleppo, its ally Russia said on Thursday.

28/07/2016

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ISIL says it targeted Kurds in car bomb in Qamishli, Syria

A huge car bomb killed at least 48 people when it exploded near a Kurdish security forces headquarters on Wednesday (July 27) in the Syrian city of Qamishli.

27/07/2016

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Syria: hospitals targeted in besieged eastern Aleppo

Four hospitals in besieged eastern Aleppo have reportedly been hit by air strikes.

24/07/2016

Syria

Syrians adopt Pokemon Go to highlight plight of children

The war has endured for more than five years.

22/07/2016

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Syrian rebels prepare for Aleppo siege

Syrian government troops say they are moving in against rebel held positions in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

12/07/2016

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Dozens killed as fierce fighting erupts between Syrian government and rebels

Fierce fighting in Syria’s Idlib province has left up to 30 people dead.

12/07/2016

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Two Russian pilots killed in Syria - Russian defence ministry

Militants in Syria shot down a military helicopter near Palmyra on Friday, killing two Russian pilots – according to Russian media, quoting the defence ministry.

10/07/2016

Syria

Both sides blamed for civilian deaths as Syria's Eid ceasefire collapses

Both sides in the Syrian war have been accused of killing civilians on Friday, as a three-day old truce to coincide with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr…

08/07/2016

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Syrian government forces 'cut road to Aleppo'

Some 250,000 Aleppo residents have been put under siege after Syrian government troops effectively cut the road into rebel-held areas of the city, a monitoring group…

07/07/2016