BEIRUT: (APP) The Islamic State group was "completely besieged" in Al-Bab after forces loyal to Syria's regime cut off a road into the jihadists' last major stronghold in Aleppo province, a monitor said Monday. "Al-Bab is now completely besieged by the regime from the south, and the Turkish ...

BEIRUT: (APP) Convinced that negotiations with Washington are now futile, Russia has decided to throw its military might behind the Syrian regime's drive to recapture Aleppo, analysts say.After a short-lived truce collapsed, Russian warplanes have joined Syrian aerial and artillery bombardment of ...

ALEPPO: (APP) Missiles rained down on rebel-held areas of Syria's Aleppo on Friday, causing widespread destruction that overwhelmed rescue teams, as the army prepared a ground offensive to retake the city.Nearly 30 civilians including several children were killed and dozens wounded in the raids by ...

BEIRUT (APP) - The Islamic State group on Tuesday said its spokesman Abu Mohamed al-Adnani was killed while monitoring military operations in the Syrian province of Aleppo.Quoting a "military source", the IS news agency Amaq said "Sheikh Abu Mohamed al-Adnani, the spokesman of the Islamic State, ...

DAMASCUS: (APP) Rebel shelling in Syria's battered northern city of Aleppo killed 12 people including a child on Wednesday, state media said.State television announced "12 martyrs including a child and several wounded after terrorists shelled the Salaheddin" district in the city's regime-controlled ...

GENEVA: (APP) The battle for Syria's ravaged second city Aleppo is one of the worst urban conflicts ever fought, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday."This is beyond doubt one of the most devastating urban conflicts in modern times," Peter Maurer said in a statement, ...

BEIRUT: (APP) The United Nations has called for urgent aid access to Syria's Aleppo as regime forces and rebel fighters prepare for an all-out battle for control of the devastated city.Fears are growing for trapped civilians ahead of what is expected to be a major battle for Aleppo, Syria's second ...

BEIRUT (APP): Militants and their rebel allies pressed an offensive Friday with a massive attack aimed at seizing a military academy south of Aleppo and breaking a three-week-old siege of insurgent neighbourhoods.Their assault focusing on the artillery and armaments schools of the academy has ...

BEIRUT (APP) - Four makeshift hospitals and a local blood bank in Syria's battered Aleppo city have been hit by air raids in the past 24 hours, a group of doctors said Sunday.The bombardment killed a two-day-old baby in the children's hospital in a besieged eastern neighbourhood of Aleppo, said the ...

BEIRUT: (APP) Opposition-controlled parts of Syria's battered northern city of Aleppo are now completely besieged, a monitor said Sunday, after government forces cut the last rebel supply route."Regime fighters are now on the Castello Road and have officially cut it," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head ...