The Syrian army advanced Wednesday on the Islamist-held northern village of Tal Hassel, a monitor said, as jihadist rebels in nearby Aleppo called for mass mobilisation to counter the offensive. Fighting raged at Tal Hassel, located about 12 kilometres (seven miles) from Aleppo, the...

The Syrian army has secured most of the area around Aleppo International Airport and could reopen the facility which fighting has kept closed for nearly a year, a military source said Monday. "All of the area southeast of the airport is in the hands of the army," the source told AFP,...

Amid the increasing gains of Bashar al-Assad’s forces in Aleppo, 6 rebel groups called for an immediate mobilization including al-Qaeda affiliate jabhat al-Nausra and Ahrar al-Sham movement. In a statement issued yesterday the fighting groups urged all rebels to unified under...

  Syrian regime forces have regained control of a brigade in the opposition stronghold of Aleppo after days of fighting, an opposition source said Monday. Salih Anadani, media liaison for the al-Tawhid Brigade armed opposition group, said Syrian leader Bashar...