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Aleppo: fighting intensifies
To Syria now, where fighting has again intensified around the city of Aleppo. Government forces have attempted to drive deeper into opposition- held areas close to the old city, while rebels have fired mortar shells – killing two Russian nurses working in a battlefield hospital.
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Syrian army claims to have retaken half of east Aleppo
Amid an intense bombardment by Syrian forces and their allies, and fierce battles in the city’s narrow streets – rebels are still refusing to surrender
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Aleppo: lull in fighting
After another week of hell in Aleppo, the last 24 hours has seen a lull in the fighting and bombing. It’s given US and Russian diplomats a chance to come together for talks at a summit in Rome.
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Aleppo: Amnesty International says UN has failed Syria
In Syria, the exodus of civilians from the besieged eastern side of the Syrian city of Aleppo continues. The United Nations now says that more than 30 thousand people – mostly women and children – have fled the area. But there are increasing reports that men of fighting age among the evacuees are being detained…
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Aleppo: the agony goes on
Rescue workers claim that at least another 45 people have been killed today as the bombardment of east Aleppo by regime forces intensified. With the United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss their plight, around 50,000 people are now reported to have fled their homes in the east of the city in the last 72…
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Jon Snow interviews Aleppo MP Fares Shehabi
Interview with Fares Shehabi, the pro-regime MP for Aleppo.
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Aleppo: Karin von Hippel interview
Interview with Karin von Hippel, former deputy assistant secretary of state at the US State Department.
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Aleppo: Jan Egeland interview
Interview with Jan Egeland, from the UN’s taskforce on humanitarian access in Syria.
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Aleppo: thousands flee
More than 20,000 people are estimated to have fled East Aleppo in the last two days, as rebels battle to stop Syrian forces and their allies advancing further into their territory – a key battleground of the five-year civil war.
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Battle for Aleppo
The Syrian Army pushes deeper into the rebel-held east of Aleppo.
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Misery in Aleppo
In Aleppo the airstrikes continue – a whole family is killed in the east of the city by a barrel bomb while at least eight children die in government held west Aleppo after a school was hit by rebel shelling.
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Heavy bombing forces Aleppo hospitals to close
All hospitals in Eastern Aleppo have been reportedly forced to close after the relentless bombing of the besieged half of the city. This leaves an estimated 300,000 residents without medical care. We have footage from inside the paediatric hospital there.
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Hospitals hit in East Aleppo
Activists and health workers in East Aleppo say over a dozen hospitals and clinics have been hit since the latest offensive by Syrian government forces began four days ago. They report patients cowering in basements while volunteers comb the rubble for survivors. And there have been some astonishing rescues. This report contains distressing images.
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East Aleppo: bombardment continues with dozens reported dead
The bombardment of eastern Aleppo has continued today – with dozens reported dead. We hear reports that the bombing has intensified even in the last hour. There are also warnings of an acute lack of fuel and food in the besieged city as winter approaches.
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Aleppo bombardment: 32 reported killed
At least 32 people have been reported killed, including five children,as the bombardment of east Aleppo has continued for a second day. Missiles, barrel bombs and artillery shells have rained down on opposition-held areas of the city, some reportedly falling near a children’s hospital.
