Russia sets brief cease-fire for Aleppo as strikes kill 36
Russian and Syrian forces will halt hostilities for eight hours in the eastern districts of Aleppo, Russia's military announced on a day when opposition activists said their airstrikes killed at least 36 people, including several children, in and around the divided city.
Oct 18, 2016, 11:16 AM IST
Russia announces brief Aleppo truce as EU warns of `war crimes`
Russia on Monday announced an eight-hour "humanitarian" ceasefire in Aleppo later this week, as the EU warned that the Syrian regime`s Moscow-backed assault on the city could amount to war crimes.
Oct 18, 2016, 01:01 AM IST
Syrian security chief makes public Cairo visit: Report
Syria`s national security chief met a senior Egyptian intelligence official in Cairo, Syria`s state news agency said on Monday, in the latest sign of a rift between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, which backs Syrian rebels.
Oct 18, 2016, 00:57 AM IST
EU says Russian assault on Aleppo may be war crime
The European Union on Monday strongly condemned Russia for the bombardment of the Syrian city of Aleppo, saying devastating air strikes by Moscow and Damascus could amount to war crimes.
Oct 18, 2016, 00:08 AM IST
Aleppo airstrike kills 14 members of one family: Rescue workers
Fourteen members of the same family were killed in an air strike in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, an emergency service said on Monday, as the Syrian government pressed its Russian-backed campaign to capture opposition-held areas of the city.
Oct 17, 2016, 14:50 PM IST
Air raids kill at least 12 civilians in Syria`s Aleppo: Monitor
Air strikes killed at least 12 civilians in Syria`s Aleppo on Monday, a monitor said, bringing to 45 the death toll from 24 hours of raids on the battleground city.
Oct 17, 2016, 14:23 PM IST
Bashar al-Assad insists Syrian forces to clean Aleppo of rebels
Amid ongoing violence in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad has insisted that the country`s armed forces must continue "to clean" up Aleppo city, even as diplomats are preparing to halt bloodshed in rebel-held areas of the city.
Oct 15, 2016, 13:06 PM IST
Intense air strikes batter Syria`s Aleppo: Monitor
Syrian and Russian warplanes carried out dozens of air strikes on rebel-held districts of Aleppo on Friday, a monitor said, as world powers prepared for new talks on a ceasefire.
Oct 14, 2016, 14:51 PM IST
Syria's Assad says taking Aleppo from rebels key to pushing ''terrorists'' back to Turkey
Syria`s President Bashar al-Assad said on Friday that the Syrian army`s capture of Aleppo, which has come under renewed bombardment in an effort to seize its rebel-held sector, would be "a very important springboard" to pushing "terrorists" back to Turkey.
Oct 14, 2016, 07:08 AM IST
Airstrikes, shelling kill 11 in Syria's Aleppo
Overnight shelling and more than a dozen airstrikes on rebel-held parts of Aleppo killed at least 11 people today, while rebel shelling of government-held areas in the divided city killed two girls at a school, according to an opposition activist group and Aleppo's volunteer civil defense forces.
Oct 14, 2016, 00:19 AM IST
Damascus, Moscow press deadly bombing of rebel Aleppo
Syrian and Russian warplanes carried out fresh strikes on rebel-held districts of Aleppo early Thursday, after an intense bombardment over the previous two days killed at least 71 civilians, a monitor said.
Oct 13, 2016, 12:53 PM IST
World powers to try again for Syria ceasefire
Despite repeated setbacks on the path to peace in war-wracked Syria, world and regional powers will give diplomacy another chance in weekend talks in Europe, organized by the US and Russia, to try to secure a ceasefire that sticks.
Oct 13, 2016, 02:43 AM IST
Air strikes hit eastern Aleppo including market, 25 killed
Heavy air strikes on rebel-held areas in the Syrian city of Aleppo killed 25 people on Wednesday, most of them at a market, a rescue service said, as the Syrian government and Russia pursued their joint offensive to capture the whole city.
Oct 12, 2016, 23:36 PM IST
Russia, Turkey agree aid must reach Syria's Aleppo, says Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan had agreed on the importance of delivering aid to the Syrian city of Aleppo.
Oct 10, 2016, 23:42 PM IST
UNICEF calls for end to dire situation in Aleppo
UNICEF's representative in Syria called for an end to the violence that has beset northern Aleppo, causing "dire" humanitarian and psychological impacts on both sides of the divided city.
Oct 09, 2016, 08:39 AM IST
France to put draft resolution on Aleppo at UNSC voting today
France will put a draft resolution on ceasefire in Aleppo on voting at the United Nations Security Council today.
Oct 08, 2016, 12:15 PM IST
UN envoy warns east Aleppo faces total destruction
The UN`s Syria envoy Thursday warned east Aleppo faces total destruction, as government forces made their biggest gains in years against rebels inside the opposition-held part of the battleground city.
Oct 07, 2016, 00:22 AM IST
UN envoy warns east Aleppo facing total destruction
The UN`s Syria envoy on Thursday made an impassioned appeal to save eastern Aleppo, warning the city faced total destruction and urging Islamist fighters to leave so civilians can get aid.
Oct 06, 2016, 18:37 PM IST
Leave eastern Aleppo: Syrian army warns rebels, families
Syria`s army has said that anybody who remains in the city of Aleppo after offering those who wish to leave an opportunity to do so would face their "inevitable fate".
Oct 06, 2016, 12:02 PM IST
Syria announces surprise easing of Aleppo assault
Syria`s military announced Wednesday it was scaling back its bombardment of rebels in devastated Aleppo, in a surprise move nearly two weeks after declaring an all-out assault to capture the city.
Oct 06, 2016, 05:43 AM IST
