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›

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›

THIS IMAGE OF TERROR SHOULD NOT BE PHOTO OF THE YEAR - I VOTED AGAINST IT

On 19 December last year, the Turkish photographer Burhan Ozbilici went to a press conference in an Ankara art gallery... 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›

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 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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

SYRIAN REBELS REACH CEASEFIRE DEAL TO EVACUATE ALEPPO

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

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

FOOTAGE 'SHOWS WARPLANE ATTACK ON ALEPPO'

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

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›

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›

AT LEAST 25 CIVILIANS KILLED AS RUSSIA RENEWS HEAVY BOMBARDMENT OF ALEPPO

Regime ally Russia carried out its heaviest strikes in days on Syria's Aleppo on Tuesday, as rebel fire killed at least five schoolchildren in the war-torn... 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›