Syria's army has said that anybody who remains in the city of Aleppo after offering those who wish to leave an opportunity to do so would face their "inevitable fate". A statement issued late on Wednesday said the army had cut off insurgents' supply lines into the northern city and that it...
Syria's army will reduce air strikes and shelling on rebel-held eastern Aleppo on humanitarian grounds, it said on Wednesday, after mounting international criticism of it and Russia. Last month, the army - backed by Shi'ite militias from Lebanon and Iraq, and by Russian jets - launched a new...
It may take weeks or months, but Aleppo is likely to fall to Syrian government forces backed by Russian air power and the most lethal bombardment in nearly six years of war. Capturing the strategically important city, an economic and trading center which is key to controlling Syria's...