October 4, 2016 Russia claims its embassy in Syria was shelled The Russian foreign ministry says its embassy compound in the Syrian capital of Damascus has come under shelling from rebel groups.
October 3, 2016 Pentagon says Al Qaeda leader targeted in Syria airstrike A senior commander in Syria's rebranded Al Qaeda affiliate, who was close to the global network's top leader Ayman al-Zawahri, was targeted in an airstrike Monday, according to the Pentagon.
October 3, 2016 Suicide bomber strikes Syrian wedding Syrian activists and a Kurdish news agency say a suicide bomber has struck a wedding hall just outside the northeastern Syrian city of Hassakeh.
October 3, 2016 Aleppo: "The international community has turned its back on us" Aleppo has become an abandoned city, reduced to rubble. Buildings are demolished and shattered. Peoples’ faces are lifeless.
October 2, 2016 Russia: US attacks on Syrian forces would trigger 'terrible, tectonic consequences' Russia warned the United States Saturday against carrying out any attacks on Syrian government forces, saying it would have repercussions across the Middle East as government forces captured a hill on the edge of the northern city of Aleppo under the cover of airstrikes.
October 1, 2016 Aleppo's children bear brunt of heavy bombardment The 6-year-old girl was found trapped under the rubble of her home, destroyed by an airstrike in Syria's rebel-held city of Aleppo.
September 30, 2016 Rep. Kinzinger: Syria is not your political football, Mr. Obama Last week, President Obama spoke at the "Leader’s Summit on Refugees" and read a letter from a young boy named Alex.
September 29, 2016 UN warns of 'merciless abyss' in besieged eastern Aleppo Syrian government forces continued their push into rebel-held districts of Aleppo on Thursday as international officials issued dire warnings of an ongoing humanitarian disaster in Syria's largest city.
September 28, 2016 Syrian state media show off Aleppo's 'thriving nightlife' as bombs rain down Hundreds of people have fallen victim to an onslaught of airstrikes linked to Russia and the Syrian government in the wartorn city of Aleppo over the past week -- but a video released by Syrian state media suggests that it's still a place for young people to party the night away.
September 27, 2016 Syrian government forces push deeper into Aleppo With international diplomacy in tatters and the U.S. focused on its election, the Syrian government and its Russian allies are seizing the moment to wage an all-out campaign to recapture Aleppo, unleashing the most destructive bombing of the past five years and pushing into the center of the Old City.