Putin and Erdogan agree to push for Aleppo cease-fire
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday agreed to intensify efforts to convince warring parties in Syria on a cease-fire…
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Syria regime retakes key Aleppo district from rebels
Pro-regime forces overran a strategically important district on the outskirts of the Syrian city of Aleppo Thursday, sealing off desperate residents in opposition-held neighbourhoods. The…
Chemical weapons watchdog chief says Aleppo gas attack disturbing
The world’s chemical weapons watchdog chief said on Thursday the group will investigate suspected use of chlorine gas in an opposition area of the Syrian…
Regime forces drop ‘chlorine gas’ in Damascus
Syrian regime forces on Wednesday struck two opposition-held areas by chlorine gas bombs in capital Damascus. Regime aircraft dropped barrel bombs laced with chlorine gas…
Suspected Aleppo chlorine attack chokes dozens, rescue workers, monitors say
A suspected chlorine gas attack on an opposition-held neighborhood in the Syrian city of Aleppo caused dozens of cases of suffocation on Tuesday, rescue workers…
Turkey calls for Aleppo cease-fire by next week
Turkey is pressing for a cease-fire in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo to be introduced before the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha next week,…
USA, Russia and Aleppo truce
The United States and Russia are nearing a deal that would set a 48-hour ceasefire in Aleppo, allow U.N. humanitarian access and limit Syrian government…
Syria crisis: China claims Omran images are ‘fake’ and being used as ‘Western propaganda’
China’s state broadcaster CCTV has questioned the video that went viral of Syrian Omran Daqneesh saying it might be part of Western “propaganda”, AFP reported….
Russia ready to support weekly 48-hour humanitarian ceasefires in Aleppo – Defense Ministry
The Russian defence ministry on Thursday supported a proposal by the United Nations Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura for a 48-hour weekly humanitarian…
Image of injured boy in Aleppo causes outrage on social media – Video
Syrian activists have released striking pictures of a young boy rescued from a destroyed building after an air strike in the divided second city of…