Syrian forces consolidate control of Aleppo, air strikes under way
Beirut/Amman, JordanReuters The Syrian army said on Monday it had taken full control of dozens of towns in Aleppo’s northwestern countryside and it would press on with its campaign to wipe out militant groups “wherever they are found”. The advances were made after President Bashar al-Assad’s forces drove insurgents from the M5 highway linking Aleppo […]
Quick Facts: Nine facts about Syria as fresh violence marks ninth year of war
BeirutThomson Reuters Foundation Syria’s war entered its ninth year on Friday, with fresh violence forcing thousands to flee from separate assaults on the last bastions of Islamic State and rebel-held territories. Here are nine facts about the war, which grew out of popular protests against President Bashar al-Assad and has laid waste to swathes of […]