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20 December 2016 by AFP
Thousands leave Aleppo as UN plans new peace talks Thousands of traumatised Syrians left the rebel enclave of Aleppo Monday as the UN voted to deploy observers there and said it planned new peace talks in Geneva in February. "It is the intention of the United Nations to convene th [...]
19 December 2016 by Pierre Hazan
From Berlin to Aleppo: the need to redefine transitional justice According to Google, it takes 35 hours to drive by car the 3,397.4 kilometres from Berlin to Aleppo. Metaphorically, the distance is infinitely longer between these two symbolic cities. Twenty-seven years ago, the fall of the Berl [...]
19 December 2016 by AFP
UN Security Council unanimously backs sending observers to Aleppo With Russia's backing, the Security Council on Monday voted to quickly deploy UN observers to Aleppo to monitor evacuations and report on the fate of civilians who remain in the besieged Syrian city. The council unanimously adopte [...]
19 December 2016 by AFP
Hundreds evacuated from Aleppo as UN eyes observers More than 1,000 people left the rebel enclave of Aleppo on Monday, raising hope for many others still stranded, as Russia eased its objections to sending UN observers to oversee the evacuations. A convoy of around 20 buses crossed [...]
17 December 2016 by AFP
Thousands in desperate wait for evacuation from Aleppo Trapped Syrian civilians and rebels waited desperately Saturday for evacuations to resume from an opposition-held enclave in Aleppo as the Red Cross pleaded for a deal to "save thousands of lives". A rebel representative told AFP [...]
16 December 2016 by AFP
Aleppo evacuation suspended, leaving thousands trapped The Syrian government suspended the evacuation of civilians and fighters from the last rebel-held parts of Aleppo on Friday, leaving thousands of people trapped and uncertain of their fate. Russia, which helped to broker the deal [...]
4 October 2016 by AFP
UN rights chief urges Security Council veto limit over Syria The UN rights chief on Tuesday called for action to halt the tragedy unfolding in Syria's Aleppo, and urged the Security Council to introduce a limit on its members' veto power. "Faced with such a ghastly avalanche of violence and [...]
30 September 2016 by AFP
Syria regime advances in Aleppo, MSF decries 'bloodbath' Syrian regime forces advanced in the battleground city of Aleppo Friday, backed by a Russian air campaign that a monitor said has killed more than 3,800 civilians in the past year. The Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity accused [...]
30 September 2016 by AFP
Moscow accuses US of sparing Syria jihadist group Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday accused the United States of protecting a jihadist group in Syria in its effort to overthrow the beleaguered regime of President Bashar al-Assad.  In an interview aired Friday on BB [...]
28 September 2016 by AFP
Syrian army retakes Aleppo district as bombs rain down Syria's army took control of a rebel-held district in central Aleppo on Tuesday, after days of heavy air strikes that have killed dozens and sparked allegations of war crimes. In the first advance since announcing plans last week [...]
27 September 2016 by AFP
As Syria diplomacy fails, Russia opts for 'total war': analysts Convinced that negotiations with Washington are now futile, Russia has decided to throw its military might behind the Syrian regime's drive to recapture Aleppo, analysts say. After a short-lived truce collapsed, Russian warplanes [...]
26 September 2016 by AFP
Covering Syria through hunger and fear For Karam al-Masri, AFP's reporter, photographer and videojournalist in rebel-held Aleppo, the past five years have been a series of tragedies: detention by the regime, and then the Islamic State group, the death of his parents in [...]
26 September 2016 by AFP
Fresh strikes hit Syria's Aleppo as supplies dwindle Warplanes again pounded rebel-held areas of Syria's Aleppo on Monday as residents warned of increasing shortages of food and medicine. An AFP correspondent in the battered city said a wave of strikes hit areas of the opposition-co [...]
25 September 2016 by AFP
Fresh strikes pound Aleppo ahead of UN Syria talks Syrian and Russian warplanes pounded rebel-held east Aleppo on Sunday ahead of a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the worst surge in violence to hit the devastated city in years. Overnight, residents and a monitor reported h [...]
24 September 2016 by AFP
Syrian opposition hits out at world silence over Aleppo Syria's main opposition coalition hit out on Saturday over the "silence of the international community", saying Damascus and its Russian allies were committing "a crime" in the northern city of Aleppo. Heavy Syrian and Russian air [...]
24 September 2016 by AFP
Intense Syrian, Russian strikes kill 25 in Aleppo Heavy Syrian and Russian air strikes on rebel-held eastern areas of Aleppo city killed at least 25 civilians on Saturday, a monitor said, overwhelming doctors and rescue workers. The toll was expected to rise because people remain [...]
23 September 2016 by AFP
Air raids pound rebel-held Aleppo as Syria army begins assault Syrian and Russian aircraft pounded rebel-held areas of Aleppo on Friday, a monitor said, after the army announced a new offensive aimed at retaking all of the divided second city. An AFP correspondent in the opposition-held east [...]
23 September 2016 by Vony Rambolamanana in Geneva
Damning report says Syria situation should be referred to ICC The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria on September 19 presented a damning report to the UN Human Rights Council on abuses committed there between January 10 and July 20, 2016. The Commission, which was set u [...]
21 September 2016 by AFP
Russia, US face off at UN as air strikes pound Aleppo Russia and the United States faced off at the United Nations over the carnage in Syria on Wednesday, as air strikes pounded Aleppo for a third straight day following the collapse of a ceasefire. The UN Security Council held crisis [...]