Thousands turned out for a “Liberation Festival” in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Saturday, December 21, to celebrate the end of the Assad regime. The event included appearances by the Syrian singer Yahya Hawwa, media host Homam Hout, and influencer Yaman Najaar, according to a poster advertising the event. Footage from journalist Obada Jbara […]
A Syrian Air flight from Damascus landed in Aleppo on Wednesday, as the transitional government tries to demonstrate its ability to run the war-shattered country.
Though excitement and frenzy were on full display in some parts of Aleppo, the city is still gripped by uncertainty after the sudden end of a 13-year civil war.
Rebel fighters who took control of Aleppo about two weeks ago have promised security and continuity. Prices have skyrocketed, but residents express some hope for the future.
It was a cold, wet day in December 2016 when teacher and activist Abdulkafi Alhamdo slumped over on the porch of his Aleppo apartment across from heaps of rubble. Pro-government forces, backed by the Russian military, advanced on the last rebel-controlled areas of the Syrian city. He had spent months documenting the death and destruction […]
BEIRUT (AP) — The last time Syrian President Bashar Assad was in serious trouble was 10 years ago, at the height of the country’s civil war, when his forces lost control over parts of the largest city, Aleppo, and his opponents were closing in on the capital, Damascus. Back then, he was rescued by his […]
The Syrian military and its ally Russia conducted deadly joint air raids on areas under Islamist-led rebel control on Monday, as they battle a lightning offensive that has wrested swathes of Syria from government control. Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is backed by Russia and Iran, both of which have confirmed they will help his army […]
Forces opposed to President Bashar al-Assad have captured the Aleppo airport and are attacking the western city of Hama, according to local officials and a Britain-based war monitor.
The footage, which has muted sound, was filmed by Turkish journalist Ibrahim Bozan on 30 November 2024.
TOPSHOT – Anti-government fighters hold an opposition flag as they pose for a picture at the … [+] entrance of the landmark citadel in Aleppo on November 30, 2024. Turkish-backed rebels breached Syria’s second city of Aleppo on November 29, as they pressed a lightning offensive against forces of the Iranian- and Russian-backed government. (Photo […]
