Tag: Syrian Civil War

The evacuation was halted this morning and there are unconfirmed reports of resumed fighting.

Heavy casualties are reported after artillery and air strikes.

After 3 hospitals and a school were reportedly bombed overnight, massive air and missile strikes are reported in eastern Aleppo.

Sergei Lavrov made it clear today that Russia intends to intensify strikes against rebel fighters in Aleppo, claiming that “terrorists” need to be “wiped out.”

The Conflict Intelligence Team analyzed video and photos from the scene of the attack confirming that Russian RBK-500 ZAB-2.5SM bombs were used.

Heavy casualties are reported in Aleppo and Idlib.

Around twenty civilians and a Syrian Red Crescent director were killed in the attack west of Aleppo.

But protesting FSA fighters have pushed US special forces troops out of al-Rai

Sputnik, a Russian state-owned, English-language  news agency, ran a story today claiming that the German foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, had, in part, blamed protesters and pro-democracy activists for the Syrian civil war.     Steinmeier is regarded in some quarters as being somewhat friendlier to the Kremlin than his French and British counterparts, or his Chancellor, Angela […]

Meanwhile regime-allied forces have retaken a strategically important artillery base in Aleppo, threatening a renewed siege.