Aleppo
Scores poisoned in Aleppo gas attack, Syria and Russia blame rebels
A health official in Aleppo said victims suffered breathing difficulties, eye inflammation and other symptoms suggesting the use of chlorine gas.
A health official in Aleppo said victims suffered breathing difficulties, eye inflammation and other symptoms suggesting the use of chlorine gas.
The evacuation began with ambulances ferrying out the sick, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor reported.
Earlier, state television said successive blasts were heard in rural Hama province and that authorities were investigating the cause.
A year after the opposition’s defeat in Aleppo, government forces backed by Russia and Iran have recovered large swathes of territory as Islamic State’s 'caliphate' collapses.
There was no comment from the Syrian army on the report that Qaryatayn, 120 km northeast of Damascus, had fallen.
Pope Francis on Sunday condemned a bomb blast on a crowded Syrian bus convoy that killed at least 112 people outside Aleppo.
A military media unit run by Damascus ally Hezbollah said a suicide attacker had detonated a car bomb near the convoy.
The Syrian and Russian military have carried out many air strikes in Idlib and Aleppo provinces during the war.
The advance was the army's first from its lines in Aleppo city since rebels departed their enclave there in December.
The NGO launched #SaveSyria following scenes of devastation in Aleppo and is using the money to assist refugees of the war.
He made the remarks in comments to French media that were published by the Syrian state news agency SANA.
The Syrian army has so far been unsuccessful in making any significant advance.
Families are starting to return to east Aleppo despite freezing weather & destruction ‘beyond imagination’, a top UN official says.
A resolution welcoming the ceasefire was adopted unanimously by the 15-member Council, meeting in New York.
Clashes and air strikes have persisted in some areas since the ceasefire began on Friday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, a key ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, announced the ceasefire on Thursday.
Russia, Iran and Turkey said last week they were ready to help broker a peace deal after adopting a declaration in Moscow.