AL SALAT COLLECTIVE SHELTER, Aleppo, Syria – As the final battle for control of east Aleppo raged around them, Abo Ahmad and his family counted themselves lucky just to escape with their lives. But ...

BEIRUT (AP) -- Thousands of Syrian insurgents took over most of Aleppo on Saturday, establishing positions in the country's largest city and controlling its airport before expanding their shock ...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the battle is ongoing. There was no immediate comment from the Syrian military. Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad walk at a military ...

BEIRUT - Shells smashed into a central prison in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo, killing prisoners, a rights group said Sunday, part of a long battle for control of the ancient city. The ...

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(AP) The battle for Syria’s second-largest airport intensified on Saturday as government troops tried to reverse recent strategic gains the rebels have made in the northeast in their quest to topple ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The 28-year old Syrian attorney turned down a scholarship to study economics in Germany in order to remain in his native Aleppo after rebels took it over in 2012, promising a new ...

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Syria's state-run SANA news agency reported that two civilians were killed and 15 were wounded by shelling, and that dozens of families fled two neighborhoods of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, ...