The dramatic rebel takeover of Aleppo and its countryside has sent tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds fleeing east and raised fears the community could be permanently displaced from the city.

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Terra Santa College in Aleppo run by the Franciscans was hit by a strike. No casualties were reported. Smoke of war rises over a residential area in Aleppo. On Dec. 1, 2024, the Franciscan complex ...

new video loaded: Syrian Rebels Reach Aleppo in Big Advance Rebels reached the major city of Aleppo on Friday, according to the fighters and a war monitor, raising fears that Syria’s long ...

The Syrian city of Aleppo, whose name has long been associated with war, began the Advent season under a new shadow. Jihadist factions, led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, advanced in the city ...

This coming Advent, Catholics throughout the English-speaking world will begin using a new translation for the prayers that we say in the Mass. This new, third edition of the Roman Missal is the ...

Over 200 people have been killed in the violent clashes in Syria. A monitor of Syria's war said on Saturday that jihadist rebels now control a majority of Aleppo city, reporting Russian air ...

Syrian rebels have breached Aleppo for the first time since the country's government recaptured the city in 2016, according to war monitors and fighters. Insurgents led by the Islamist militant ...

Rebels seized control of Aleppo city in rapid advance Three million Syrians live in Turkey after fleeing war 40% of Syrian migrants there estimated to be from Aleppo Syrians in Istanbul voice ...

The UN's cultural organisation added Aleppo's famous soap to its intangible cultural heritage list on Tuesday with Syria's second city again wracked by war. Artisans have brewed olive and laurel ...

Government forces lost control of Aleppo to the Islamist-dominated rebel alliance for the first time since the conflict began in 2011. The lightning assault was led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and ...

The rebels launched a major offensive this week against the Assad regime. Syrian rebels have breached the city of Aleppo, with thousands of insurgent fighters making startling advances in their ...