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Syria’s interim government launched a security operation in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maksoud district on Friday, accusing the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of violating a withdrawal agreement. The dispute revived clashes with shelling and gunfire in parts of Aleppo after the SDF refused to withdraw from districts they’ve controlled since 2011.

The Syria Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, reported on July 27 that at least three people were killed and 20 more were injured when warplanes targeted the Idlib town of Arihah. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported that five simultaneous explosions hit five towns in Aleppo, killing two people, including...

About a year after fighting died down in Syria’s largest city, Aleppo’s centuries-old market is beginning to show signs of life as a few shops have reopened, though much of the bazaar still remains severely damaged.

Rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad roamed the streets of Syrian city of Aleppo on Friday night, saying they have liberated it from al-Assad’s hold. “By God’s will and the efforts of the fighters, Aleppo is now under full control,” said Mohammed Izzo, an opposition fighter from Aleppo who left in 2016. He added, “I...

Russia says the Syrian army has temporarily suspended its bombing of eastern Aleppo, to allow thousands of civilians to evacuate. The United States and Russia have announced plans to meet on Saturday, to discuss a possible peace plan for Aleppo. As Jeff Semple reports, the Syrian military is on the verge of victory.

The Syrian Ministry of Tourism shared a promotional video on September 29 titled “Aleppo…Will of Life.” The video shows scenes from regime-held areas of west Aleppo to the tune of the “Game of Thrones” theme music, while ignoring opposition-held areas in east Aleppo.

A hotel came under fire on on Wednesday night in Aleppo as violence in the besieged city continued. According to Russian state television, several shells landed close to a hotel frequented by journalists and humanitarian organisations.

In an English-language report released on September 28, a media activist with Qasioun News Agency claimed that Russia and Syria were using bunker-buster bombs in attacks on the besieged city of Aleppo.

Video released by Syrian forces showed troops clashing with opposition fighters, amid reports the government has taken over 96 per cent of the city.

Tue, Dec 13: The last remaining civilians in Aleppo, Syria are caught in the deadly final hours of battle. As Mike Armstrong reports, people have been sending goodbye messages as reports of executions emerge.

The bombs are falling again in Aleppo, Syria as a ceasefire broke Wednesday morning. It was supposed to be a window for people to escape the eastern part of the city, but that never happened. As Mike Armstrong reports, the fighting continues with each side blaming the other.

Civilians and fighters are being evacuated from the last opposition-held neighborhood in east Aleppo as part of an agreement between rebels and the Syrian government that will return Syria’s largest city to government control.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group says ambulances and municipal buses crossed from the government territory and arrived in eastern Aleppo on Thursday to evacuate civilians and rebel fighters.

Syria’s army said Monday it had full control of dozens of towns in Aleppo’s northwestern countryside and would continue its campaign to wipe out militant groups.

Syrian government forces have been accused of a chlorine gas attack in the Syrian city of Aleppo that has suffocated dozens of people. Yiming Woo reports.

A US-backed, Kurdish-led fighting force managed to secure control of 40 percent of the Islamic State-held town of Manbij in northern Syria, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Monday during a trip to Aleppo, Syria, that the rescue phase in response to the earthquakes that hit Syria and Turkey was “coming to a close,” and that urgency must now switch to providing shelter, food, schooling and psychosocial care. He said the UN would have aid...

A disabled Syrian girl from Aleppo, who was born without legs, abandoned her makeshift tin can supports on Thursday as she tried her new prosthetics for the first time after being flown to Istanbul.

Before the war in Syria, the city of Aleppo was thriving. The city, much like Toronto, was known as the cultural and economic hub of the country, but the war has reduced the eastern portion of Aleppo to rubble. Global News anchor Farah Nasser examines the geographic similarities of Toronto and Aleppo.

Russia says today was Syrian rebels’ final chance to surrender and leave eastern Aleppo alive. That truce expired at sunset, and Moscow is now preparing to launch its most devastating attack yet. As Jeff Semple reports, it could have significant consequences for the outcome of Syria’s five-year civil war.