How blood feud is growing among the Syrian youth
“We will take revenge from everyone who kept silent and everyone who applauded the death of all innocent immaculate souls in Aleppo,” Hosam Al-Bakri, a teary-eyed youth refugee told me, referring to the recent recapture of Aleppo, considered as a fateful victory for the Syrian regime over the armed opposition. “Assad is worse than ISIL, […]
Message from Aleppo: ‘Tomorrow will be too late for us’
East Aleppo, Syria – We are all praying for rain. When it rains, the planes can’t fly and the bombardment stops for a short while. We are hoping that it rains long enough for the powers of the world to do something to help the 150,000 civilians stuck in this small neighbourhood in Aleppo escape […]
Syria’s Rebels Say Regardless of Aleppo, They Will Fight On
Syrian rebel commanders and opposition politicians insist the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad will continue even if they lose their tenuous hold on parts of Aleppo, the country’s second-largest city. Most military observers and diplomats estimate it is only a matter of weeks before the rebel-held eastern districts of Aleppo will fall entirely into the […]
Fears grow in east Aleppo as government forces close in
Syrian government forces and allied fighters advanced further into rebel-held Aleppo on Monday, pressing an offensive in defiance of international concern for the fate of the city and its beleaguered civilians. “At least 36 people were killed in Monday’s bombing,” rescue worker Ibrahim Abu Leith told Al Jazeera. “These are the most violent attacks we’ve […]
Battle for Aleppo: ‘All hospitals are destroyed’
All medical facilities in Syria’s rebel-held Aleppo have been destroyed, health officials and opposition activists have told Al Jazeera, as another day of ferocious government bombardment on the besieged city left dozens of people dead. Air raids, barrel bombs and artillery fire killed at least 56 people on Saturday, volunteers with the White Helmets group […]
Air strike hits children’s hospital in Syria’s Aleppo
An air strike has hit a children’s hospital in Syria’s eastern Aleppo, forcing its medical staff to evacuate their patients, including several newborn babies still in incubators. The moment of the attack on Friday was captured by an Al Jazeera crew, including journalist Amr al-Halabi, who was reporting about survivors of a previous Syrian government […]
Airstrike Targets Third Syrian Hospital Within 24 Hours
An airstrike targeted and bombed a hospital in rebel-held territory west of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo early Tuesday, the third medical facility to be hit in a day, according to a monitoring group. Unidentified aircraft struck the Baghdad hospital with rockets in the village of Awaijel, killing one person and injuring staff and […]
Six stories you may have missed because of US election
While the US presidential race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton dominated international headlines on Tuesday, Russia announced that it is preparing to renew its air strikes on Syria’s Aleppo and Kurdish troops in Iraq declared that they seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul. Here is a selection of news stories that you may […]
Airstrikes, Fighting Continue in Aleppo
Syrian government forces and their allies launched a counteroffensive Saturday under the cover of airstrikes trying to regain control of areas they had lost to insurgents the day before in the northern city of Aleppo, activists and state media said.
Air strikes hit largest market in rebel-held Aleppo
Missiles slammed into the biggest market in rebel-held Aleppo on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people and leveling buildings, as rescuers sifted through rubble from air raids that killed dozens the day before. The latest wave of attacks came as Russia announced it would hold Syria ceasefire talks with the United States and regional powers […]