Aleppo
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Syrian Civil War: Residents flee Aleppo as conflict escalates after rebel groups intensify assault
News | Dec 03, 2024, 06:45 PM ISTSyrian Civil War: Thousands of residents are fleeing Aleppo city in northern Syria as rebel groups intensify their assault. The rebel groups fired shells at a dormitory complex and formed a so-called "military government".
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Israel conducts airstrikes at Damascus, Aleppo airports in Syria amid war with Hamas: Reports
World | Oct 12, 2023, 06:50 PM ISTAs per reports, the motive behind Israeli strikes in Syria is to contain smuggled weapons for Iran’s proxies on Israel’s borders amid ongoing war with Hamas.
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FACT CHECK: Gruesome video falsely linked to Israel-Hamas conflict resurfaces again | Know more
Fact Check | Oct 10, 2023, 03:05 PM ISTThe Israel-Hamas conflict has led to over 700 casualties in Israel and more than 500 in Gaza, with Hamas launching an attack on October 7, 2023, the video in question is unrelated to these events.
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Syria's Aleppo Airport opens after 8 years
World | Feb 19, 2020, 03:55 PM ISTFlight services have resumed at Aleppo International Airport, eight years after military confrontations in war-torn Syria force stopped it.
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Oscars 2018: Academy stands in solidarity with ‘Last Men in Aleppo’ team
Hollywood | Feb 21, 2018, 05:50 PM ISTAbeed, who currently resides in Turkey, will not be able to come to the US after being denied a travel visa.
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At least 53 killed in airstrikes on rebel-held Syrian town
World | Nov 14, 2017, 09:33 AM ISTAt least 53 people were killed in airstrikes on a market at Atareb, a town in the Aleppo countryside in north Syria.
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When a Syrian photographer put down his camera to save children after suicide attack
World | Apr 19, 2017, 07:05 PM ISTThe devastating photos show the photographer, identified as Abd Alkader Habak, crying on his knees near the body of the boy who he had tried to save few minutes earlier.
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Explosion kills 100 during troubled population transfer near Syria's Aleppo
World | Apr 16, 2017, 07:54 AM ISTNearly hundred people were killed on Saturday when a deadly explosion targeted an evacuation point near the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.
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Syrian Army takes full control of major IS stronghold in Aleppo
World | Mar 30, 2017, 06:44 AM ISTThe Syrian army on Wednesday captured the town of Deir Hafer, a major stronghold for the Islamic State (IS) group in northern Syria.
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Russia sends battalion of military police in Aleppo to help maintain security
World | Dec 24, 2016, 07:37 AM ISTRussia has sent a battalion of military police in Aleppo, after the Syrian regime took full control of the ravaged city.
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UN votes to set up body to help document war crimes in Syria
World | Dec 22, 2016, 07:05 PM ISTThe United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted to establish an investigative body to assist in documenting and prosecuting the most serious violations of international law during conflict in Syria, including possible war crimes.
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UNSC backs sending observers to Aleppo as evacuations resume, Syria says resolution a 'propoganda'
World | Dec 19, 2016, 10:38 PM ISTUNSC today approved a resolution urging immediate deployment of monitors to former rebel-held eastern Aleppo as the evacuation resumed after days of delays.
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3,500 residents moved out of war-torn Aleppo as ceasefire resumes
World | Dec 19, 2016, 04:59 PM ISTIn a mass departure, at least 3,500 people have left government-besieged areas in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, a British war monitor said. The exodus took place after the evacuation was resumed today. Also,
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Aleppo ‘now a synonym for hell’: Ban Ki-moon; evacuation suspended due to obstructions
World | Dec 17, 2016, 09:41 AM ISTA ceasefire agreement to evacuate tens of thousands of civilians from the remaining parts of the ISIS-held eastern Aleppo has been suspended.
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Bollywood celebs pray for peace, humanity to prevail in Aleppo
Bollywood | Dec 15, 2016, 06:30 PM ISTBollywood celebrities including Priyanka Chopra, Varun Dhawan and Esha Gupta have prayed for peace and humanity to be restored in Aleppo, Syria, where renewed fighting has put at risk a truce deal to evacuate people
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Aleppo ceasefire back on track, evacuations to begin on Thursday
World | Dec 15, 2016, 06:59 AM ISTA new ceasefire deal has been reached and civilians and the wounded in east Aleppo were expected to begin evacuation from the city on Thursday morning, rebel officials said late on Wednesday.
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Russia suspends Aleppo combat operations to allow evacuation of civilians
World | Dec 09, 2016, 07:57 AM ISTA day after the US and five other countries called for an immediate ceasefire in Aleppo and accused Russia of blocking emergency help, Moscow announced that the Syrian army was suspending combat operations to allow for the evacuation of civilians fro
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US, Britain, France call for immediate ceasefire in Aleppo; accuses Russia of blocking emergency help
World | Dec 08, 2016, 09:08 AM ISTThe US and five other countries, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the UK, today called for an immediate ceasefire in Aleppo asserting that a humanitarian disaster is taking place in the Syrian city.
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Syria: Airstrikes kill 27 in rebel-held Aleppo, US condemns 'horrific attacks'
World | Nov 20, 2016, 10:50 AM ISTSyria’s government forces on Saturday pounded rebel-held Aleppo with air strikes and artillery fire killing 27 people, in the worst airstrike since the bombarding resumed earlier this week.
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Bombs strike rebel-held Aleppo and northern Syria, 54 dead
World | Nov 17, 2016, 11:56 AM ISTBombs rained down on rebel-held eastern Aleppo for a second straight day, pounding a district that houses several medical facilities, including the central blood bank, and forcing Syrian staff and patients in the only remaining paediatric hospital to