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Syria rebels capture military airport near AleppoSyrian opposition fighters captured a military airport near the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday, an opposition organisation said. The airport is the latest military facility in the region between Syria's industrial and comm More… |
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Old Aleppo, frontline ghost town of ruined treasuresA 13th century mosque is shuttered, its tottering minaret struck at the base by a shell. Snipers fire from nests atop the immense stone walls of the citadel, where ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Arab and Turkish warriors once perched. More… |
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Syrian army quits key base after rebel attackThe Syrian army has abandoned its last base near the northern town of Saraqeb after a fierce assault by rebels, further isolating the strategically important second city Aleppo from the capital. But in a political setback to force More… |
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Rebels attack Syrian army base near AleppoRebels attacked a Syrian army base near the main northern highway on Thursday to try to consolidate their control over the supply line to Aleppo, days after capturing a strategic town in the area, opposition activists said. Rebels More… |
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40 killed in Aleppo explosionsAt least 40 people were killed and 90 wounded in a series of explosions in the centre of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, citing medical sources. More… |
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Assad tours Aleppo, orders more troops into battleSyrian President Bashar al-Assad is visiting the city of Aleppo to take a first-hand look at the fighting between government forces and rebels and has ordered 30,000 more troops into the battle, a Lebanese paper said on Tuesday. A More… |
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Ancient souk in Aleppo in ashesLarge parts of Aleppo's covered market, the largest of its kind in the world and a Unesco world heritage site that traces its history back to the 14th century, have been reduced to ashes as government forces and rebels figh More… |
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Syria air strikes hit Aleppo hospitalSyrian air force missiles struck a hospital in a rebel-held area of Aleppo wounding one person, a doctor there said on Wednesday, and Human Rights Watch called it was an attack in violation of international law. &n More… |
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Drawn-out Aleppo battle may strain armySyrian army forces bombarding rebel foes in Aleppo may have sound reasons for delaying the expected next stage of their campaign to take Syria's largest city -- an infantry advance that would test the mettle of their front More… |
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Syria retakes Aleppo district after battleSyrian troops said they had recaptured a district of Syria's largest city Aleppo, after heavy fighting against rebels who remain in control of swathes of the commercial hub. The past two wee More… |
