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Half of rebel Aleppo falls to regime forces

Syrian regime forces have recaptured half the former rebel stronghold of east Aleppo, a monitor said Friday, in an offensive that has left bodies in streets and sparked global outrage. Rebels put up fierce resistance in the southeastern outskirts of the battered city, but government forces...

Humanitarian aid blocked as Aleppo civilians starve

(Sky News)- Russia and Syria are preventing essential humanitarian aid from reaching starving, sick civilians in east Aleppo, according to the United Nations. Around 200,000 people desperate for food and medical equipment remain trapped by fierce fighting in the rebel-held district of...

Syrian regime raises medicine prices despite misery

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria's Health Ministry has denied hike-price rumors for medication, despite the de facto increase by pharmacies. Prices of many medications have been risen in Syria to almost 6 folds like antibiotics, analgesics, and drugs of heart, high blood pressure and diabetes and many...

Exodus as Syria rebels lose northeast Aleppo

(Al Jazeera)- Syria's rebels lost all of the northern neighbourhoods of their stronghold in east Aleppo on Monday, as the army made significant advances in its offensive to recapture the entire city. The government gains have prompted an exodus of thousands of desperate civilians, some...