Lindsey Hilsum
From Rwanda to Aleppo: a history of inaction
Every few hours I check my Whatsapp feed from the doctors in East Aleppo. They post videos of injured children and a combination of eyewitness news and desperate messages.
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Aleppo ceasefire collapses as evacuations stall
With the breakdown of the ceasefire, thousands of civilians are still trapped in the nightmare that is rebel-held Aleppo: an ever shrinking enclave, where the shelling has barely paused, where witnesses say bodies still lie in the streets.
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Aleppo interviews: Zuhir Al Shamali and Brita Haji Hassan
Interviews with Zuhir Al Shamali, a citizen journalist in the last rebel-held enclave in Aleppo, and Brita Haji Hassan, the Mayor of East Aleppo, who is currently in Paris.
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Aleppo interview
Interview with Zuhir Al Shamali, a citizen journalist in the last rebel-held enclave in Aleppo.
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Aleppo discussion
Jon Snow interviews Ole Solvang, deputy director of emergencies for Human Rights Watch, Conservative MP Crispin Blunt, chair of the foreign affairs select committee, and Reem Assil, chair of the Syrian Platform for Peace.
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Aleppo: tens of thousands trapped
The pressure on Syria and its Russian allies to guarantee safety for those leaving Aleppo is coming from all sides, from the UN chief Ban Ki Moon to Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. But amid all the promises, the fate of Aleppo’s people depends not on words, but on action.
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Ceasefire agreed in Aleppo
It is a hellish corner of a city already reduced to hell on earth, but in the past few minutes Russia says all military action in Eastern Aleppo has stopped, with a deal to allow militant fighters and civilians to leave. This programme has just learned that buses carrying the most badly injured people out…
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Inside Aleppo: latest from sources in the city
Sources say some 110 medical staff remained in eastern Aleppo’s last remaining hospital as of midnight last night.
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Aleppo discussion
Jon Snow interviews journalist Rania Abouzeid, who has reported extensively on the Syrian conflict, former International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell, and Dr David Nott, a British surgeon who has been working with medical teams to save the lives of the seriously wounded in Aleppo.
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Trapped in East Aleppo: Waad Al-Kateab
Over the last year Channel 4 News has broadcast the images of camerawoman Waad Al-Kateab as she has documented the plight of people trapped in rebel-held East Aleppo. Today, trapped in one of the last remaining rebel-held areas, with the Assad regime on the verge of taking it back, she sent us this audio message.
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Aleppo: have we reached the endgame?
The Syrian army has said it is in the last moments before declaring victory in the battle to recapture the eastern part of Aleppo. Today, the situation has become more desperate by the hour for the remaining civilians.
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Tens of thousands flee Aleppo
The vast human exodus from Aleppo has intensified. According to the Russian Ministry of Defence more than 20,000 civilians left besieged areas this morning joining the tens of thousands who have already fled this week.
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Aleppo; Russian Ambassador interview
Interview with Russian Ambassador to the UK, Alexander Yakovenko.
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Aleppo: tens of thousands trapped
A sadly more familiar tragedy continues to unfold in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Rebels today withdrew from the old city, allowing government forces to move in. But tens of thousands of civilians are still trapped in the remaining rebel-held areas – the rebels now virtually admitting defeat and calling for a five-day ceasefire to…
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Aleppo: ‘leave or be destroyed’
“Those who refuse to leave nicely will be destroyed”. That was the grim warning today from the Russian Foreign Minister to Syrian rebels and residents remaining in East Aleppo.
