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Battle for Aleppo escalates, UN sees 'bleak moment'

Syrian rebels fought fiercely with pro-regime forces trying to advance into opposition-held areas of eastern Aleppo and warplanes kept up their bombardment of the area Friday in a renewed bid by Damascus to retake the entire city. The U.N. humanitarian adviser said the besieged population of...

Regime forces step up attacks on Waer neighborhood

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian regime military campaign backed by allied sectarian militias, has entered its fourth days on the neighborhood of al-Waer in Homs, as well as northern towns of the city like Talbisa and Holeh have been targeted by more than 10 air strikes, resulted in many injuries...

Bombings in Aleppo hit hospital; 7 die in airstrike

 Intensive bombings pummeled rebel-held eastern neighborhoods of the city of Aleppo on Friday, residents and rescuers said, hitting an area housing several hospitals and sending the chief of a pediatrics clinic in a frantic search for a place to move his young patients. Earlier Friday,...

PYD to close Yakiti party's offices, radio station

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Militants of the Kudish Democratic Union Party (PYD) have launched an arrest campaign against Kurdish politicians in Amoda area in the Northern countryside of Hasaka after their attempts to break in Yakiti Party’s offices.  The central committee of Yakiti party said...

Syria rebels say 25 dead in car bombing

Twenty-five fighters and civilians were killed in a car-bomb attack targeting Syrian rebels in the northern province of Aleppo on Thursday, the rebel group said. Yasser Yusef, a senior official of the Nureddine al-Zinki group, told AFP that the attack in the town of Azaz "bore the hallmarks"...

Children's hospital in Aleppo hit in airstrikes

(The Guardian)- Jet fighters and helicopters bombing east Aleppo hit a children’s hospital and a blood bank on Wednesday, as medics and patients sheltered in the basement waiting for the hours-long assault to end. An ambulance driver and at least two children were among at least 20 civilians...

Syria regime bombs rebels as Aleppo food aid runs out

Syrian government and Russian warplanes pounded rebel-held parts of northern Syria Wednesday, including battered second city Aleppo, where food aid rations were all-but-exhausted after months of regime siege. The renewed bombardment has killed at least 20 people, including nine children, in...

Syria Regime and Aleppo Rebels Gird for Battle

(THE WALL STREET JOURNAL)- The front line that divides Aleppo is marked by sandbags and overturned vehicles and zigzags through the cobblestone streets of the Old City’s historic souk. Despite years of bombardment by the Syrian regime and rebel counterattacks, the line has barely moved. The...