Aleppo attacks 'blatant violation of international law': NATO
NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday the "morally totally unacceptable" bombardment of the Syrian city of Aleppo broke international law, while urging Russia to take genuine steps to restore a ceasefire.
Sep 27, 2016, 17:43 PM IST
Aleppo battered as Russia slams 'unacceptable' rhetoric
"It is difficult to deny that Russia is partnering with the Syrian regime to carry out war crimes," said Britain's Matthew Rycroft.
Sep 26, 2016, 23:38 PM IST
Syria's Aleppo reels from strikes as Russia is accused of `war crimes`
Syria`s Aleppo faced worsening food and medical shortages on Monday and warplanes again pounded the city as Russia condemned what it called "unacceptable" Western rhetoric after allegations of war crimes.
Sep 26, 2016, 23:29 PM IST
At least 26 killed in Aleppo as UN meets over Syria
At the start of that meeting the UN's top envoy to Syria accused the government of unleashing "unprecedented military violence" against civilians in Aleppo.
Sep 26, 2016, 03:42 AM IST
UN Security Council discusses escalating violence as warplanes pound Syria's Aleppo
Warplanes bombed a strategic camp on the northern edge of Aleppo on Sunday as Syrian government forces, backed by Russia, battled rebels for control of the city as the U.N. Security Council met to discuss the escalating violence.
Sep 25, 2016, 22:59 PM IST
War crimes committed in Syria`s Aleppo, France says at UN
France`s envoy to the United Nations asserted Sunday that war crimes were being committed in Syria`s battered city of Aleppo, as the Security Council met for urgent talks on the escalating military campaign.
Sep 25, 2016, 21:09 PM IST
Fresh strikes pound Aleppo ahead of UN Syria talks
The UN Security Council is due to meet later Sunday in an emergency session to discuss the escalating violence, which UN chief Ban Ki-moon described as "chilling".
Sep 25, 2016, 17:34 PM IST
Attacks on civilians in Aleppo 'breach' humanitarian law: EU
The indiscriminate suffering being caused among innocent civilians... is an unacceptable breach of international humanitarian law, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and humanitarian commissioner Christos Stylianides said in a statement Saturday.
Sep 25, 2016, 07:44 AM IST
Britain, France, US seek urgent Security Council meet on Syria
Intense air strikes toppled buildings and killed at least 45 civilians in Aleppo Saturday, two days after the Syrian army announced an offencive to retake the rebel-held east of the city.
Sep 25, 2016, 07:09 AM IST
Syria's Aleppo reels from new wave of air strikes
Rebel-held districts in east Aleppo came under intense air and artillery fire for a fifth night as the army prepared a ground offensive to recapture the whole of the divided city.
Sep 24, 2016, 20:37 PM IST
Warplanes press attack on rebel-held eastern Aleppo
Warplanes mounted a new wave of heavy air strikes on rebel-held areas of Aleppo on Saturday, rebel sources, a rescue worker and a war monitor reported, pressing a major offensive by the Russian-backed Syrian military to take back the whole city.
Sep 24, 2016, 14:50 PM IST
Air raids pound rebel-held Aleppo as Syria army begins assault
Syrian and Russian aircraft pounded rebel-held areas of Aleppo on Friday, a monitor said.
Sep 23, 2016, 15:48 PM IST
Syrian Army announces new offensive on rebel-held Aleppo
The Syrian army has announced a major new offensive on rebel-held eastern Aleppo after international powers with a stake in country`s civil war failed to revive a collapsed ceasefire during diplomatic talks in New York.
Sep 23, 2016, 12:04 PM IST
Syria army announces offensive on rebel-held Aleppo
The announcement came just minutes after the United States and Russia convened a last-ditch meeting in New York to save their Syria ceasefire plan and followed several hours of intensive bombardment that left Aleppo in flames.
Sep 23, 2016, 04:06 AM IST
Syria`s Aleppo set ablaze ahead of fresh diplomatic efforts
Huge blazes erupted in Syria`s Aleppo as the city was rocked by fighting and air strikes Thursday, ahead of last-ditch efforts by world powers to salvage a failed ceasefire.
Sep 22, 2016, 23:49 PM IST
Raids set rebel areas of Syria's Aleppo ablaze as fighting rages
An AFP correspondent in the rebel-held east of the city reported that his entire street had been in flames following the pre-dawn strikes.
Sep 22, 2016, 12:58 PM IST
Russian aircraft believed to hit Syria convoy: US officials
Despite the military blame game over Monday`s deadly attack, diplomats struggled to save the US-Russian ceasefire agreement that took effect on September 12.
Sep 21, 2016, 10:48 AM IST
US believes Russia conducted strike on Syria aid convoy: US official
The United States believes Russia was responsible for an air strike on an aid convoy that killed around 20 people in Syria, a US official told AFP on Tuesday.
Sep 21, 2016, 03:45 AM IST
Gunmen detain US national in Yemen's rebel-held capital
Gunmen posing as security forces on Tuesday detained a US national in the Yemeni capital where he runs an English-language school, witnesses said.
Sep 21, 2016, 02:56 AM IST
New bombardments hit Syria's Aleppo
New bombardments were reported on Tuesday in Syria`s Aleppo city where fighting has erupted in the southwestern districts, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
Sep 20, 2016, 14:42 PM IST
