This collaboration persisted even after Hamas’s October 7, 2023, operation against Israel. The recent arrest of at least 30 Polisario members in Aleppo by Syrian rebel forces underscores the ...

"What is happening in Aleppo is terrible, and one should not worry excessively about whether to classify the atrocities as genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity," Naimark said in an email.

In Aleppo, a total of 60 buildings have been destroyed, 200 have to be demolished because they are no longer inhabitable, and thousands of damaged buildings need to be restored. Hundreds of ...

Syrian rebels have taken parts of Aleppo. What does that mean for the war? NPR's Eric Deggans speaks with Dareen Khalifa of the International Crisis Group about Syrian rebels taking control of ...

BEIRUT — For years, the people of Aleppo bore the brunt of bombardment and fighting when their city, once Syria’s largest and most cosmopolitan, was among the civil war’s fiercest battle zones.

Though excitement and frenzy were on full display in some parts of Aleppo, the city is still gripped by uncertainty after the sudden end of a 13-year civil war.

In Aleppo, new billboards have quickly appeared. On one, the new Syrian justice minister, Shadi Muhammad al-Waisi, proclaimed that the era of oppression was over.

The 2016 battle for Aleppo was a turning point in the war between Syrian government forces and rebel fighters after 2011 protests against Assad's rule turned into an all-out war.

SHERLOCK: He's saying, "you know, honestly, the feeling is indescribable" and that he's been in Aleppo celebrating the takeover. All this happened in just over 72 hours after years of stalemate.

Eight years ago, Syria’s civil war shifted in President Bashar Al-Assad’s favor after a Russian blitzkrieg on Aleppo helped him regain control over the country’s second biggest city.

Syrian opposition fighters remove a sign with a picture of Syrian President Bashar Assad at the Aleppo international airpot in Aleppo, Syria, on Dec. 2, 2024. (Omar Albam/AP) By Daniel DePetris ...