Kremlin announces raids killed up to 150 Islamic State fighters in the eastern province
In a statement released on Sunday, the Syrian Coalition said that the spectacular gains recently made by rebel and FSA forces in Aleppo have brought in near hysteria on Assad and his allies, making them commit wholesale massacres against the Syrian people
Moscow is convinced that Syria’s opposition should distance itself from ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra
Both sides called on UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan De Mistura to intensify his efforts to start intra-Syrian talks without preconditions in Geneva
The most violent strikes targeted the public market, medical centers, and the blood bank building. Three civil defense ambulances and a vehicle were destroyed in the Russian airstrikes on the rebel-held town
The opposition’s High Negotiations Committee (HNC) suspended its participation in the Geneva negotiations about three months ago due to the Assad regime’s refusal to implement the UN Security Council resolutions on Syria
Russian warplanes hit the towns of Kafarnaha, Qabtan al-Jebel, and Howr in the western Aleppo countryside, simultaneously with artillery bombardment on the city of Andan in the northern countryside, leaving dozens killed and wounded
The Church of the Virgin Mary, which was hit by the Russian air strikes, is the only church in the city. It dates back hundreds of years, having been built in 1886
violent bombing on Friday killed two children, Abdulillah and Shadi al-Hwayri, in addition to scores of injured, mostly women and children
The aid targeted people and families mainly displaced from Daraya city due to terrorist acts
The new mechanism will be composed of intelligence services, foreign ministries and militaries of the two parties
The primary aim of the battle of Aleppo was “defending civilians of all religions and sects”
The opposition is preserving pieces of the injured people’s clothing and shrapnel from the barrel bombs as evidence that could be used for examination and analysis
According to leaders in the Islamist and moderate groups, Western diplomats, and officials and civilian activists in Aleppo, 10 reasons can be noted for the “Aleppo coup”
The regime had been pursuing a political-military plan based around extending its control over Aleppo and waiting for American-Russian pressure to hold a round of negotiations in which the regime would be the victorious party
IRGC’s Defense News Agency announced on Tuesday the death of two of its officers – Gulam Hussein Musawi and Ali Nazri – during the latest clashes in the Syrian city
Russia and Iran’s militias launched a heavy assault on Aleppo last month, allowing Iranian forces and allied Iraqi and Lebanese sectarian militias, as well as what remains of the Syrian army still loyal to Assad, to impose a siege on eastern Aleppo
Moscow says bombers destroyed a command and control post and a large field camp near Al-Sukhne, also killing a “large number” of militants
Source says militants have failed at breaking the Syrian army’s blockade of rebel-held areas of Aleppo despite the media’s attempt to mislead the public about events in the northern city
Rumors circulate on social media around the proposal to scrap religious studies for “ethics” after some MPs accuse the curriculum of fueling sectarianism
