UN votes to monitor the evacuation in Aleppo

The United Nations security council agreed on a draft resolution aimed at ensuring that UN officials can monitor evacuations from the Syrian city of Aleppo. The council had been scheduled…

Russia: “Syrian offensive in Aleppo over”

Moscow declared that a Syrian government military offensive in the northern city of Aleppo, backed by Russia and Iran, was over.   During a heated meeting of the United Nations…

Syrian military makes rapid gains in east-Aleppo

Rebels, fighting along-side Jihadist militants, in the besieged eastern Aleppo, called for an immediate five-day ceasefire and the evacuation of civilians and wounded, but gave no indication whether they were…