Aleppo in a sentence

Shortly after the Aleppo offensive began, the Syrian National Army (SNA), a Sunni militia formerly known as the Free Syrian Army that now largely operates as a Turkish proxy group, began Syrian Kurdish communities in greater Aleppo province.

In the past week the Syrian army has taken full control of dozens of towns in the Aleppo countryside and the M5 highway linking Damascus to Aleppo.

The Ministry stressed that the goal of the current military operations in the south of Aleppo and southeast of Idlib is to end the suffering of civilians in Idlib and Aleppo.

People from Aleppo likely want to go back to Aleppo, not some place they do not call home, have no ties, and where the security situation is fraught.

Possession of Aleppo Saladin's troops, French manuscript, 1337 Saladin turned his attention from Mosul to Aleppo, sending his brother Taj al-Muluk Buri to capture Tell Khalid, 130 km northeast of the city.

According to Assad-aligned media outlets, a combined Israeli strike was carried out on Thursday at both Damascus International Airport and Aleppo International Airport.

Added to the US sanctions list was Omar Alsheak, who the Treasury Department said has held various leadership roles in HTS and currently serves as a Shura Council member, emir of the HTS’ Aleppo army and supervisor of its economic portfolio abroad.

Aleppo was hit with a cholera outbreak in late 2022.

Although the earthquake was felt as far away as Lebanon, closer to home, northern Syria’s Aleppo and Idlib also reportedly saw thousands of building collapse, including two hospitals.

And he wanted to arrange for his brother to be sent to their mother in Aleppo, for a proper burial.

As per the report, many buildings in Aleppo were damaged or destroyed and people remain trapped under the rubble.

Early in the war, Ahmed was an anchor based in Aleppo, Syria, for an Arabic-language news station.

Gen Surovikin - now his deputy - has been dubbed "General Armageddon" for his brutal tactics in previous wars, including Russia's operations in Syria and the heavy bombardment of the city of Aleppo in particular.

Griffiths also met Monday with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad in Damascus after visiting government-controlled Aleppo, where more than 200,000 people have been left homeless by the earthquake, according to the World Health Organization.

Groups of volunteers worked together to plant Aleppo Pine and Coast Live Oak trees.

Ihlas Mohammed said she heard similar news about her loved ones in a village between Aleppo and Idlib.

In Aleppo, Syria, residents digging through a collapsed building discovered a crying infant whose mother appears to have given birth to her while buried underneath the rubble.

It is one of many buildings to collapse in recent years in Aleppo, which bore the brunt of intensive Russian and Syrian aerial bombing of areas under rebel control until rebels were driven out six years ago.

On Feb. 6, 2023, people watch as rescue teams search for survivors under the ruins of a collapsed building in the city of Aleppo in northern Syria, after an early morning earthquake.

Parts of the provinces of Idlib and adjacent Aleppo held by Turkey-backed rebels suffered the bulk of the quake’s casualties in Syria – more than 4000 of a death toll exceeding 5800, according to the United Nations and government authorities.