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Assad army advances as jihadists call to arms in Aleppo

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...

Stick Figures and Stunted Growth as Warring Syria Goes Hungry

Rana Obaid began her life less than two years ago in a comfortable house draped with roses, the daughter of a grocer locally famous for his rich homemade yogurt. But war and siege brought hunger so quickly to their town near Damascus that when she died in September, at 19 months, her arms...