Syria cease-fire saving lives, but falling short in other ways

Syrian regime and a standoff in Aleppo stymie aid deliveries, and allies worry about looming possibility of joint U.S.-Russian military action

• Sep 15, 2016

Syrian cease-fire holds, but Aleppo still waits for aid

Bombs have stopped falling, but three days into the cease-fire, Syria's biggest city hasn't seen any aid

• Sep 14, 2016

Cease-fire in Syria appears to be holding

Day two of the ceasefire appeared to hold, even in rebel held Eastern Aleppo, and children made the most of it

• Sep 13, 2016

Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson: "What is Aleppo?"

Aleppo, Syria's largest city, is at the epicenter of the country's civil war -- which Johnson will now never forget

• Sep 8, 2016

Deaths after alleged chlorine gas attack on civilians

Syrian regime reportedly denies yet another purported poison gas attack on rebel-held part of Aleppo

• Sep 7, 2016

Brother of boy in Syria photo dead days after airstrike

Widely circulated picture of Ali Daqneesh's 4-year-old brother Omran made him new face of country's civil war

• Aug 20, 2016

Gripping image of boy in war-torn Syria draws eyes worldwide

Opposition groups released photo of 5-year-old to remind world of civilians' plight in civil war, and it quickly went viral

• Aug 18, 2016

Will U.S., Russia "start fighting together" for key Syrian city?

With millions trapped in sprawling, under-siege city of Aleppo, Russian defense chief touts apparent progress in push for cooperation

• Aug 15, 2016

Hospital for women and children demolished in Aleppo airstrike

An estimated 400,000 people have died in Syria's civil war; in its largest city, Aleppo, not even hospitals are safe from Syrian government and Russian airstrikes

• Aug 12, 2016

Airstrikes kill 18, including children and hospital staff

Syrian rescue workers and activists say missiles hit an open market and a hospital for women and children in rebel-held territory

• Aug 12, 2016

Claims of chemical attack, millions trapped in city under siege

Activists say Assad regime used chlorine gas on civilians in rebel-held territory in the sprawling city of Aleppo, which has been under siege for weeks

• Aug 11, 2016

Fight for Aleppo intensifies as rebels pierce government front lines

Syrian rebels were able to take over the main road into the government-held part of Aleppo, Syria -- but their gains could be short-lived

• Aug 8, 2016

Rebels make major breakthrough in Syria

Assad's siege of Aleppo had 300,000 people trapped, and a coalition of rebel groups joined forces to break government chokehold

• Aug 7, 2016

Syrian government troops tighten siege on largest city

After taking more ground in the country's largest city, Assad's forces call on rebels to give up and citizens to kick them out

• Jul 26, 2016

Syrian military extends cease-fire, but it has little impact on fighting

Despite three-day extension, pro-government forces advance against rebels in the north, who respond with rocket attacks

• Jul 9, 2016

Russia: 48-hour cease-fire declared in Aleppo

Several similar truces have been declared in the city in recent months; activists report relative calm

• Jun 16, 2016

Dozens dead in strike on refugee camp in Syria, activists say

At least 28 dead in strike on crowded camp near Turkey border, according to opposition group

• May 5, 2016

New Syrian cease-fire deal over Aleppo reached

City of Aleppo has proved a flashpoint in the slow destruction of a negotiated truce in the bloody war in Syria

• May 4, 2016

Fighting rages in Aleppo as peace effort moves to Moscow

Rebel fighters accused of latest attack on civilians while U.N. envoy brings push for truce to Assad's Russian backers

• May 3, 2016

"Critical hours" for U.S. push to salvage hope for Syria

John Kerry working to convince Russians to convince Bashar Assad to extend a fragile truce to Aleppo, before it's too late

• May 2, 2016

Battered Aleppo not included in latest Syria cease fire

U.S. and Russia agree on a new partial cease fire in Syria, but it doesn't include city where more than 200 people died just this week

• Apr 29, 2016

Syria touts U.S.-brokered "silence," cease-fire disintegrates

Fresh violence claims dozens more lives as regime announces virtually meaningless halt to operations in select areas

• Apr 29, 2016

Fighting rages in Aleppo

A fragile cease-fire in Syria is all but in tatters as air strikes pummel the city

• Apr 29, 2016
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Aleppo left in ruins once again as Syrian cease-fire crumbles

Someone has died every 25 minutes over the last two days in Aleppo; city's last children's hospital now obliterated

• Apr 28, 2016

Airstrike destroys hospital, Syria truce "hangs by a thread"

Last pediatrician in rebel-held area, several kids among dozens killed as violence spirals in front-line city

• Apr 28, 2016

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