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‘Aleppo button’ disease afflicts war-torn city
The latest affliction to hit weary residents of Aleppo is written on their faces. Some call it the “Aleppo button”, a welt caused by leishmaniasis, an illness that is sweeping the Syrian city. Transmitted by flies, the parasitic disease arrived along with the thousands of Syrians displaced from their homes…
Syria rebels down fighter jet near Aleppo: watchdog
Syrian rebels shot down a fighter jet in the northern province of Aleppo on Saturday, a monitoring group and a military defector said. “The rebels shot down the fighter jet in the west of Aleppo province, where fierce battles are taking place,” Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director Rami Abdel…
Turkey hits back after new mortar fire from Syria
Turkey hit back on Saturday against what it said was a fresh round of mortar fire from Syria, little more than 24 hours after UN condemnation of deadly cross-border bombardment. Syria, for its part, said four Turks were among a convoy of “terrorists” killed in fighting in the heart of…
40 dead as bombs tear apart Aleppo
Three car bombs tore into the heart of Aleppo Wednesday, killing at least 40 people and wounding 90, mostly soldiers, a watchdog said, as television broadcast scenes of devastation in Syria’s commercial capital. In parts of the capital, meanwhile, troops were deployed in large numbers and set up many more…
Aleppo chemist is open despite the shelling
Aleppo’s Old City pharmacist aims to be open for a few hours once a week, despite the explosions, gunfire, rebel or Syrian army roadblocks he needs to negotiate and a chronic lack of supplies. In a small square surrounded by white stone houses in a Free Syrian Army-held enclave of…
Syrian army battles rebels near Aleppo airport
Syrian troops and rebels clashed near Aleppo’s international airport on Wednesday, a watchdog said, but it was unclear whether it was part of a rebel offensive to seize the facility. The fighting erupted at dawn in the Nayrab area, around five kilometers (three miles) from the northern city’s airport, which…
Civilians crushed in own homes in Syria’s Aleppo
ALEPPO, Syria — The disfigured bodies of women and children brought into Aleppo’s largest hospital bear witness to the intensity of the fighting in residential districts of Syria’s second city. “The majority of casualties are caused by buildings crashing down on civilians,” said Abu Abdu, who works as a general…
Grisly YouTube footage of Syrian atrocities triggers outrage
Grisly footage of apparent atrocities in Syria triggered outrage Monday, as regime forces bombarded rebel strongholds around Damascus and launched a mass raid in the historic heart of the capital. The graphic videos posted on YouTube showed what appeared to be rebels callously throwing bodies off a post office building in a city near the northern metropolis…
Syrian fighting reaches Damascus’ Christian enclaves
Clashes erupted near two Christian areas of the Syrian capital Wednesday for the first time in the nearly 17-month uprising, as the battle for Aleppo entered its fifth day and President Bashar al-Assad hailed the “heroic” army. In a speech published by official news agency SANA to mark the military’s…
200,000 Syrians flee besieged city of Aleppo
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations said Sunday that 200,000 people have fled the Syrian city of Aleppo in two days as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces step up their assault. UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said in a statement that an unknown number of people are trapped in the city…
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