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Assad rejects rebels' pleas for ceasefire in Aleppo

(Sky News)- Syria's Bashar al Assad has rejected pleas from rebel fighters in Aleppo for a truce. The president said victory in the battle-ravaged city would be a "huge step" towards ending the country's five-year civil war. He was speaking after a fierce three-week offensive in which...

Nearly 150 patients evacuated from east Aleppo

Nearly 150 civilians, most disabled or in need of medical care, were evacuated overnight from a hospital in Aleppo's Old City, the first major evacuation from the eastern sector, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday. "These patients and civilians had been trapped in...