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Aleppo was once a thriving city with Western chains, shopping centers, and beautiful mosques. But there's not much left standing anymore. Before-and-after photos show the staggering scale of ...
Aleppo, most of which had been captured by rebels in the early years of the Syrian civil war, was retaken by Syrian government forces backed by Russia in 2016 after a gruelling siege. Since then ...
Before Syria's ruinous civil war struck Aleppo, the country's largest city was a busy commercial powerhouse and a proud historic center Pictures of splendors past: Aleppo before the war Skip to ...
Syrian opposition tanks in or near Aleppo, 29 November 2024. On 29 November 2024, rebel forces approached the outskirts of Aleppo. They took Khalsa, Al-Rashidin and Khan Tuman, where the army abandoned four T-55 tanks. [38] The Syrian government was overwhelmed by the rebel offensive's speed, and could not organize a coordinated defense of ...
On 1 December 2024, Russia conducted an airstrike on the University of Aleppo in Aleppo, Syria, killing 12 people and injuring 23 others. [1] Two journalists were killed by the airstrike. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
The Aleppo bombings (April–July 2016) were intense bombardments on both rebel and government-held areas in the city of Aleppo, Syria starting in late April 2016. Some rebel shelling also hit a Kurdish-held part of the city. The bombings decreased in intensity after 55 days when a temporary truce was established. [3]
Videos and images over the course of the last few days purported to show rebel forces in Aleppo burning Syrian flags and vandalizing posters of Assad, with whom they’ve been locked in a bloody ...
On 23 March 2014, rebels captured Kafr Hamra, the Shweihneh strategic hill overlooking west Aleppo [52] and briefly cut off the supply route to Aleppo airport before government troops found another supply route. [53] Rebels also captured the police station on the edge of the citadel, as well as military installations in the Al-Layramoun ...