Aleppo Fell. The Rest of the Middle East Is Wobbling.
Dec 4, 2024 · THE SUDDEN LOSS OF ALEPPO, Syria’s second-largest city, to a ragtag group of rebels stunned much of the world this past week. After years of gruesome warfare, the Syrian Civil War had seemed to reach a stalemate—until anti-regime forces recaptured a major city.
The Backstory Behind the Fall of Aleppo - New Lines Magazine
Dec 2, 2024 · Rebel sources have told New Lines that there were several factors behind the regime’s implosion in Aleppo. One was the penetration of a high-level security meeting in Aleppo, during which an Iranian brigadier general and several Syrian officers were killed.
What's happening in Aleppo? - BBC News
Nov 28, 2016 · Under the terms of the Aleppo deal, rebels and civilians were allowed to be evacuated to rebel-held Idlib province, while civilians in the rebel-besieged mainly Shia villages of Foua and Kefraya...
What just happened in Aleppo, and what it means for Syria's civil …
Dec 2, 2024 · Syrian rebels launched a two-pronged offensive on Aleppo last week, gaining control of the country's second largest city amid little resistance from government troops, according to residents...
Inside Aleppo: Family reunions, nervousness at rebel rule and
Dec 3, 2024 · Aleppo, most of which had been captured by rebels in the early years of the Syrian civil war, was retaken by Syrian government forces backed by Russia in 2016 after a gruelling siege. Since then...
It was 'one of the most beautiful cities in the world.' That Aleppo …
Feb 5, 2017 · Thousands of Aleppans, especially the city’s Armenian Christian minority, are scattered as refugees across the globe. The porticoes of the Great Mosque are singed black and pitted with sharp...
UNESCO deplores damage to Aleppo National Museum; warns …
Jul 14, 2016 · Ancient City of Aleppo, Syria. The head of the United Nations cultural agency today deplored the recent shelling at the National Museum of Aleppo, located on the edge of the war-torn ancient...
The fall of Aleppo, explained in 4 minutes - Vox
Dec 16, 2016 · When President Obama announced the US intervention in Libya in 2011, the stated aim was to prevent a slaughter.
Aleppo: Syria rebels 'control majority of the city', say observers
Nov 30, 2024 · Rebel forces in Syria have taken control of the "majority" of the country's second-largest city, Aleppo, according to the UK-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
Joy and pain in Aleppo as residents ask: What’s next?
Dec 23, 2024 · In Aleppo, where the statues of al-Assad fell weeks earlier, many joined the national celebrations as HTS declared victory, hoisting the opposition flag on the city’s historic citadel and singing, cheering, and crying. But these aren’t the …