Activists have said that Syrian government forces are battling rebels outside the capital Damascus and in Aleppo, where fighting for control over the country's largest city has raged for more than two weeks. full story ![]()

Activists say Syrian forces are battling rebels around Damascus, in northern city of Aleppo
abcnews.com (1 month and 12 days ago)
Feb 18 - UN investigator pushed for "urgent" action on war crimes in Syria as fighting raged in Aleppo and Damascus. Deborah Gembara reports.
reuters.com (3 months and 3 days ago)

The aftermath of a mortar attack that struck the Tishreen Sport City stadium in Damascus on Wednesday
guardian.co.uk (3 months and 1 day ago)
THE area around an historic Aleppo mosque has been shaken by explosions as rebels battle the Syrian army in the country's second city.
news.com.au (2 months and 26 days ago)
BEIRUT — A Syrian government airstrike on a heavily contested neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo killed at least five people Saturday, while regime forces battled rebels in a town outside the capital of Damascus, activists said.
bostonherald.com (1 month and 15 days ago)
BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian government airstrike on a heavily contested neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo killed at least five people Saturday, while regime forces battled rebels in a town outside the capital of Damascus, activists said.
boston.com (1 month and 15 days ago)
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The 1,000-year-old minaret of Aleppo's Umayyad Mosque has collapsed due to clashes between Syrian rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, activists and state media said on Wednesday.
reuters.com (28 days ago)
BEIRUT — Syrian government troops battled rebels on Saturday in a town outside Damascus, part of a belt of communities around the capital that has been the scene of near-daily fighting in recent months, opposition activists said.In the north, warplanes hit rebel-held areas of Aleppo, Syria's largest city, killing five people, activists said.The rebels control large swaths of...
bostonherald.com (1 month and 16 days ago)

It was supposed to be the "mother of all battles" as the regime dubbed it in July, the city where the regime or the revolution would be crushed. But six months after rebels breached Aleppo the fight rages on, leaving civilians struggling to survive. Residents in rebel-controlled neighborhoods, home to Aleppo's working class and poor, have endured shelling, air strikes and...
abcnews.com (3 months ago)

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government warplanes and artillery pounded Damascus and its suburbs Tuesday, as rebels in the northern city of Aleppo launched an operation that aims to free hundreds of politi...
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