KEY EVENTS IN ALEPPO SINCE MARCH 2011

July 2016 The government and allied forces impose a full siege on eastern Aleppo, home to an estimated 250,000 people... READ MORE›

ALEPPO EVACUATION DEAL FOR REBELS STALLS AMID DISAGREEMENTS AND RENEWED SHELLING

In east Aleppo, tens of thousands of residents have been holding out amid a blistering bombardment and a total siege... READ MORE›

ALEPPO EVACUATION DELAYED, SHELLING AND BOMBING RESUME

Government forces resumed shelling and airstrikes of rebel-held eastern Aleppo districts on Wednesday, according to Syrian rebel officials and witnesses... READ MORE›

ALEPPO CEASEFIRE, EVACUATION FALTER AS AIR STRIKES HIT CITY

People in eastern Aleppo packed their bags and burned personal belongings, fearing looting by the Syrian army and its Iranian-backed militia allies... READ MORE›

GUNS FALL SILENT IN ALEPPO AS DEAL LETS CIVILIANS, REBELS EXIT AMID REPORTS OF ATROCITIES

An official with an Aleppo rebel group said the bulk of about 50,000 people was expected to be evacuated... READ MORE›

'GET US OUT OF HERE': DESPERATE ALEPPO RESIDENTS FEAR ARREST, DEATH

With hospitals bombed out of service, aid stocks exhausted and a brutal bombing campaign in recent weeks, people in east Aleppo are desperate... READ MORE›

ALEPPO EVACUATION MAY BE DELAYED UNTIL THURSDAY

Officials with Aleppo-based rebel groups accused Shi'ite militias backed by Iran of obstructing the Russian-brokered deal... READ MORE›

SYRIAN REBELS REACH CEASEFIRE DEAL TO EVACUATE ALEPPO

With Aleppo falling, what happens next in Syria's civil war?... READ MORE›

SYRIAN REBELS SAY CEASE-FIRE REACHED TO EVACUATE ALEPPO

Syrian rebels said they reached a cease-fire deal with Moscow to evacuate civilians and fighters from eastern Aleppo... READ MORE›

CIVILIANS KILLED ON SPOT AS BATTLE FOR ALEPPO NEARS END

About 80,000 civilians are now trapped in the few square miles of east Aleppo that remain under opposition control... READ MORE›

SYRIAN TROOPS SAY THEY CONTROL 98 PERCENT OF EASTERN ALEPPO

The Syrian military said Monday it has gained control of 98 percent of eastern Aleppo, previously a rebel-held enclave, leaving only a small sliver of terr... READ MORE›

CHAOS AND DESPERATION AS THOUSANDS FLEE ALEPPO AMID GOVERNMENT ADVANCE

Photo Syrians of eastern Aleppo head home in the Bab al-Hadid district... READ MORE›

SYRIAN ARMY'S ALEPPO ADVANCE SLOWS BUT VICTORY IN SIGHT

Aleppo will completely change the course of the battle in all of Syria, Assad said, speaking in an interview with the Syrian newspaper al-Watan... READ MORE›

ALEPPO FAMILIES FEAR FOR 500 MEN SEIZED BY FORCES LOYAL TO ASSAD

Aleppo families fear for 500 men seized by forces loyal to Assad... READ MORE›

SYRIA TELLS RESIDENTS OF ALEPPO TO LEAVE OR BE ANNIHILATED

The United Nations appealed repeatedly for access to deliver food and medical aid to eastern Aleppo and to evacuate the wounded... READ MORE›

'ALEPPO IS GOING TO DIE': SYRIAN ARMY ADVANCES INTO REBEL-HELD PARTS OF THE CITY

Syrian state media reported government forces seized the Jabal Badro neighbourhood and entered Sakhour Sunday after it took control of the Masaken Hanano neighbourhood Saturday... READ MORE›

THOUSANDS FLEE ALEPPO AS ASSAD'S FORCES MOVE TO SPLIT SYRIAN REBEL STRONGHOLD

The rebels seemed ascendant when they seized east Aleppo in 2012, boasting that a march on Damascus would be next... READ MORE›

ALL HOSPITALS IN EASTERN ALEPPO OUT OF ACTION AFTER BOMBARDMENTS

The charity Doctors Without Borders said in a message there had been more than 30 hits on hospitals in eastern Aleppo since early July... READ MORE›

AIRSTRIKES LEAVE ALL HOSPITALS IN EASTERN ALEPPO INOPERABLE, OFFICIALS SAY

Syrian state television said on Tuesday the air force had targeted terrorist strongholds and supply depots in Aleppo... READ MORE›

SYRIA BOMBINGS LEAVE 1.75 MILLION WITHOUT RUNNING WATER IN ALEPPO

Residents of rebel-held eastern Aleppo said the area had been subjected to the most ferocious bombardment of the war in the latest offensive... READ MORE›

SYRIA'S ALEPPO: 99 CIVILIANS KILLED IN TWO DAYS

Aleppo has been a constant battlefield in the Syrian civil war, now in its sixth year... READ MORE›

RUSSIA WARNS U.S. AGAINST ATTACK ON SYRIAN FORCES

Syrian government forces backed by Russian warplanes have launched a major onslaught on rebel-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo... READ MORE›

ALEPPO HOSPITAL HIT AGAIN AS BOMBS KEEP FALLING

Aleppo saw more aerial bombardments and clashes Saturday following the deaths of 36 people the day before, UK-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN JETS RESUME HEAVY BOMBING OF EASTERN ALEPPO

Air strikes mostly hit the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood, Zakaria Malhifji of the Aleppo-based Fastaqim rebel group told Reuters... READ MORE›

AIRSTRIKES IN ALEPPO HIT HOSPITAL AND PROMPT SYRIAN REBEL ATTACK

Once Syria's commercial center, Aleppo has been an intermittent combat zone for much of the war, split into insurgent and government halves... READ MORE›

BLAST ON TURKEY-SYRIA CROSSING KILLS REBEL FIGHTERS

Thursday's blast took place on the Syrian side of the Atmeh crossing, west of Aleppo... READ MORE›

REBELS FEND OFF ALEPPO ASSAULT AS NATIONS SEEK TO REBUILD PEACE PROCESS

The Syrian and Russian governments say they target only militants... READ MORE›

ALEPPO ONSLAUGHT: NEW AIR STRIKES HIT MEDICAL CLINICS

At least 100 killed in air raids, shelling and rocket fire since Friday as government forces and rebels battle... READ MORE›

RUSSIA, SYRIAN ARMY ACCUSED OF DESTROYING HOSPITAL, KILLING AT LEAST 2

An empty room at a damaged field hospital is seen after airstrikes in a rebel-held area in Aleppo on Saturday... READ MORE›

BESIEGED AREAS OF ALEPPO A 'LIVING HELL'

Hours later, the Syrian army offered rebel fighters safe passage if they evacuated eastern Aleppo... READ MORE›

RUSSIA SCORNS BORIS JOHNSON'S 'HYSTERIA' AS BOMBS HAMMER ALEPPO

There were no Russian planes in the area of the aid convoy to Aleppo... READ MORE›

RUSSIA'S PUTIN HALTS FRANCE VISIT AMID ROW

On Monday, Mr Hollande suggested Russia could face war crimes charges over its bombardment of Syria's city of Aleppo... READ MORE›

SYRIAN ARMY ADVANCES AS 'ALEPPO CARNAGE' SPARKS FURY

INSIDE STORY How critical is the city of Aleppo in Syria's war?... READ MORE›

ARMY DECLARES OFFENSIVE IN EASTERN ALEPPO

The Syrian government announces a fresh offensive against rebel-held eastern Aleppo following the collapse of a week-long ceasefire... READ MORE›

QATAR SEEKS END TO ALEPPO ONSLAUGHT

Government warplanes and helicopter gunships launched new air strikes on Saturday on Aleppo's rebel-held neighbourhoods, killing at least eight people, officials said... READ MORE›

THE MANY HOLY WARS RIPPING SYRIA APART

In Lebanon, hundreds gathered to mourn a prominent Hezbollah commander who died fighting alongside Syrian regime forces in Idlib province... READ MORE›

UN ENVOY OFFERS TO PERSONALLY ESCORT REBEL FIGHTERS FROM ALEPPO IN EXCHANGE FOR PEACE

The city of eastern Aleppo at this rate may be be totally destroyed ..... READ MORE›

STRIKES POUND ALEPPO AS UN RESUMES AID DELIVERY

The Syrian civil war started as a largely unarmed uprising against Assad in March 2011, but quickly escalated into a full-on armed conflict... READ MORE›

MILITANTS SHELL EAST ALEPPO EXIT ROUTE AS HUMANITARIAN PAUSE ENDS

No one allowed to leave Militants shell East Aleppo exit route as humanitarian pause ends... READ MORE›

SYRIAN REBELS DENY LOSING GROUND IN ALEPPO

Syrian rebel groups have said they are fighting to hang on to key areas in the northern city as government forces and allies escalated attacks... READ MORE›

SYRIAN MILITARY BATTERS ALEPPO WITH AIR STRIKES AS CEASEFIRE HOPES FADE AT UN

The conflict in Syria has cost more than 300,000 lives since 2011, during which time more than half the population have been uprooted from their homes... READ MORE›

The attack took place near Aleppo, and was among 27 airstrikes since Friday that mainly targeted Islamic State group militants in Kobani and Raqqa in northern Syria... READ MORE›

SYRIAN REBELS LAUNCH PUSH AIMED AT BREAKING ALEPPO SIEGE

Aleppo shrouded in 'smoke curtain' as syrians try to defend against air strikes... READ MORE›

FOOTAGE 'SHOWS WARPLANE ATTACK ON ALEPPO'

Unverified footage purports to show warplanes attacking the town of Kafr Dael in Aleppo, Syria... READ MORE›

SYRIA'S SLIDE FROM PROTESTS TO ALL-OUT CIVIL WAR

Raed Fares remembers the day the uprising reached his hometown of Kafranbel in northwestern Syria, a month after the Daraa protests... READ MORE›

UN SYRIAN ENVOY WARNS FIGHTING IN ALEPPO MUST END OR CITY COULD BE 'DESTROYED'

Staffan de Mistura urged militant fighters to leave Aleppo and for the Syrian and Russian Governments to end their bombing campaign... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN, SYRIAN MISSILES POUND ALEPPO, DESTROY HOSPITAL

Russian, Syrian Missiles Pound Aleppo, Destroy Hospital Rebels And Aid Workers... READ MORE›

SYRIAN TROOPS ADVANCE IN ALEPPO AMID WAR'S HEAVIEST BOMBING

Syrian state TV said insurgents shelled the government-held neighborhood of Salhiyeh, killing five people... READ MORE›

REBELS REPEL ALEPPO ASSAULT AMID RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES, EFFORTS TO REVIVE TRUCE

Syrian rebels said on Tuesday they had repelled an army offensive in southern Aleppo as Russian and Syrian warplanes pounded residential areas, while natio... READ MORE›