Aleppo

Syrian opposition leaning towards abandoning peace talks following Aleppo conflict

The Syrian opposition negotiators and leaders are now leaning towards bailing out on the peace talk...

Apr 18, 2016 06:06 AM EDT

Syrian rebels say they receive more weapons for Aleppo battle

Rebels battling the Syrian army and its allies near Aleppo said on Monday they had received new supp...

Oct 20, 2015 08:52 AM EDT

Islamic State makes closest advance to Aleppo, Iranian killed

Islamic State fighters have seized Syrian villages on the outskirts of Aleppo from rival insurgent f...

Oct 09, 2015 07:23 AM EDT

U.S. accuses Syria of backing Islamic State's Aleppo advance

The United States has accused the Syrian military of carrying out air strikes to help Islamic State ...

Jun 02, 2015 08:05 AM EDT

Dozens escape Islamic State-run jail in Syria: monitor

About 95 captives, including Kurdish fighters, escaped from an Islamic State-run prison in northern ...

Mar 10, 2015 09:28 AM EDT

Islamic State says U.S. hostage killed in air strike in Syria

Islamic State said on Friday that an American woman hostage it was holding in Syria was killed when ...

Feb 06, 2015 11:44 PM EST

Islamic State says it has beheaded second Japanese hostage Goto

Islamic State militants said on Saturday they had beheaded a second Japanese hostage, journalist Ken...

Jan 31, 2015 07:17 PM EST

In Syria, desperate residents see little hope in U.N. Aleppo truce plan

As winter sets in along the front lines of Aleppo, residents are desperate for the sort of relief Un...

Nov 28, 2014 02:44 AM EST

France says anti-IS coalition must turn attention to Aleppo

The coalition fighting Islamic State must now save Syria's second city Aleppo as moderate rebels fac...

Nov 04, 2014 06:33 AM EST

Islamic State training pilots to fly in three jets: Syria monitor

Iraqi pilots who have joined Islamic State in Syria are training members of the group to fly in thre...

Oct 17, 2014 07:47 AM EDT