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Prishani Satyapal

Missile strikes on Syria kill 26, mostly Iranian forces

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group, missile strikes hit two military targets in Aleppo and Hama provinces

‘Our campaign has strictly been to renew the ANC and bring back the honour of the party

​Ravaged Aleppo shows off its wounds

Because of Syria’s conflict, services remain suspended between Aleppo and other main cities.

Protesters take part during a sit-in

SA police tell women protesting for Aleppo to remove face veils

Protesters say police infringed on their Constitutional rights, while police cited concerns of "suicide bombers".

Close to 1 000 civilians and 26 wounded

Red Cross expects to evacuate 2 000 from Aleppo

The first evacuees were escorted on buses and 13 ambulances through government-held west Aleppo to opposition-controlled areas.

​Aleppo victory won’t end Syrian war

​Aleppo victory won’t end Syrian war, says al-Assad

President Bashar al-Assad said a victory for his army in the city of Aleppo would be a “huge step” towards ending the devastating five-year civil war.

Russian and Syrian warplanes have launched their biggest offensive on Aleppo’s besieged rebel-held sectors after efforts to reach a ceasefire collapsed in September.

France to seek ICC options for war crimes probe in Aleppo

It is unclear how the ICC could proceed given that the court has no jurisdiction for crimes in Syria because it is not a member of the ICC.

Syrian boys play in the ruins of Old Aleppo. About 50?000 people remain in the city – and they don’t want to leave despite the risks.

Seamstress fixes Aleppo’s wounds

Contradictions mean little to a dressmaker who patches up the people she shoots.

Human Rights Watch has conducted an investigation into the dozens of bodies found in a river in the city of Aleppo

Bodies in a Syria river: How did they die?

Human Rights Watch has conducted an investigation into the dozens of bodies found in a river in the city of Aleppo, Syria, earlier this year.

Syrian rebels recover over 100 bodies in Aleppo canal

Rebels have recovered at least 108 bodies from a canal in the war-ravaged city of Aleppo, Syria and say more are yet to be dragged from the water.

Explosion kills 12 in Aleppo

Twelve people were killed when an explosion rocked a government-held district of the disputed Syrian city of Aleppo, a monitoring group said.

A file photograph from September 24 shows a Free Syrian Army fighter helping traders at the souk in Aleppo.

Fierce fighting in Aleppo as blaze engulfs souk

Troops shelled rebel positions in Aleppo on Sunday after a night of fighting for control of the city where a fire tore through a historic souk.

Injured Syrian fighters receive treatment in a field hospital in Aleppo on August 17.

Syria denies Assad’s deputy tried to defect

President Bashar al-Assad’s forces have resorted increasingly to air power to hold back lightly armed insurgents in the capital Damascus and Aleppo.

In this frame grab taken from AP video shot on August 3

Assad’s forces pound rebels in Aleppo

State television says Assad’s forces are "cleansing the terrorist filth" from the country, which has been sucked into a sectarian conflict.

Syrian troops have pounded Aleppo to thwart a rebel advance in Syria’s second city as actress Angelina Jolie visited a Jordanian camp for refugees.

Assad’s planes hammer vital prize of Aleppo

Rebel commander in Aleppo said he expected a Syrian army attack on rebels "within days".

Syria struck by deadly blasts ahead of UN mission

Syria struck by deadly blasts ahead of UN mission

Syria has been hit by the weekend’s third car bomb as UN teams ready for a government-led humanitarian mission and to work on an observer operation.

Aleppo rocked by explosions during Syrian offensive

Aleppo rocked by explosions during Syrian offensive

Explosions have rocked Aleppo in Syria as tanks entered Homs, ahead of planned protests to denounce Russia’s steadfast backing of the regime.

Ministrations of the hammam

Ministrations of the hammam

Fancy a scrub? If you want the real deal, try a muscular, tattooed masseur in Aleppo, writes <b>Kevin Rushby</b>.