Syria govt forces detain 300 Kurds, evacuate 400 fighters from Aleppo
- 11-Jan-2026
ALEPPO, Syria: Syrian government forces evacuated more than 400 Kurdish fighters from the last district in Aleppo to fall to the army and detained 300 Kurds, an interior ministry official told AFP on Sunday. Kurdish forces said the combatants were evacuated “through the mediation of international parties to stop the attacks and violations against our […]
Nine dead in clashes between Syria govt, Kurdish forces in Aleppo
- 07-Jan-2026
DAMASCUS: Clashes between government troops and Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria’s Aleppo killed at least nine people on Tuesday, mostly civilians, in one of the worst flare-ups between the sides in months. The implementation of a March deal to merge the Kurds’ semi-autonomous administration and military into Syria’s new Islamist government has largely stalled. Tensions […]
Kurdish-led force in Syria says seeking to evacuate Kurds from Aleppo
- 02-Dec-2024
BEIRUT: A US-backed, Kurdish-led force in Syria is seeking to evacuate Kurds in parts of Aleppo to safe areas, its chief said Monday, after pro-Turkey rebels seized a town where tens of thousands of Kurds were living. “We are actively coordinating with all relevant parties in Syria to ensure the safety of our people and […]
As Syrian rebels sweep into Aleppo, army closes airport, roads
- 30-Nov-2024
Syrian authorities closed Aleppo airport as well as all roads leading into the city on Saturday, three military sources told Reuters, as rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad said they had reached the heart of Aleppo. The opposition fighters, led by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, carried out a surprise sweep through government-held […]
Animals evacuated to Turkey from ‘neglected’ Syria zoo
- 29-Jul-2017
ISTANBUL: An international animal welfare charity was on Friday completing the evacuation of a dozen animals stranded in a neglected zoo in the conflict-torn Aleppo province of northern Syria. The Four Paws group was seeking to move two lions and two domestic dogs from the “Magic World” zoo and amusement park in Syria over the […]
British war surgeon returns to Gaza to train doctors
- 12-Jul-2017
GAZA: British war surgeon David Nott was back in the Gaza Strip this week to share with local doctors specialist knowledge he has amassed from working in conflict and disaster zones over the past quarter-century. An expert in using minimal equipment to treat patients in basic facilities, Nott returned three years after his previous visit […]
Nearly half a million displaced Syrians return home: UN
- 30-Jun-2017
GENEVA: Nearly half a million displaced Syrians have returned to their homes since the beginning of the year, mainly to find family members and check on property, the UN refugee agency said on Friday. The agency said it had seen “a notable trend of spontaneous returns to and within Syria in 2017.” Since January, about […]
Girl chronicles Aleppo terror in ‘Myriam’s Diary’
- 14-Jun-2017
PARIS: Her childhood shattered by “grown-up stuff”, Myriam Rawick was only eight years old when she began recording her terrifying experiences during the siege of Aleppo, Syria’s second city. “I woke up one morning to the sound of things breaking, people shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ (‘God is greatest’ in Arabic),” Myriam wrote. “I was so afraid […]
If London were Aleppo – Buckingham Palace destroyed, 4.3 million dead or displaced
- 09-May-2017
The bullet-riddled, bombed-out buildings of Aleppo may bear little resemblance to London’s gleaming skyscrapers but the two cities once had much in common, something German artist Hans Hack has seized on to bring home the reality of war. Before Syria’s six-year civil war, Aleppo — like London — was its country’s biggest city, as well […]
Syria evacuees bomb attack death toll rises to 112: monitor
- 16-Apr-2017
DAMASCUS: The death toll in a suicide car bomb attack on buses carrying Syrians evacuated from two besieged government-held towns has risen to at least 112, a monitoring group said on Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that 98 evacuees from the northern towns of Fuaa and Kafraya were killed when an explosives-laden […]