Syria army says Aleppo retaken after evacuation The Syrian army has said it has retaken full control of the country's devastated second city Aleppo, scoring its biggest victory against opposition forces since ... News • 22 Dec 16
Aleppo evacuations resume after delays Evacuations from the last rebel-held pocket of Aleppo resumed earlier despite heavy snowfall, clearing a path for Syria's army to take full control of the ... News • 21 Dec 16
25,000 people evacuated from east Aleppo About 25,000 people have been evacuated from the rebel-held enclave of Aleppo since Thursday, the International Committee of the Red Cross has said. News • 20 Dec 16
49 soldiers killed in Yemen suicide bombing A suicide bomber killed at least 49 soldiers gathered to receive their monthly pay in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, officials said, as ... News • 18 Dec 16
East Aleppo evacuation resumes, says UN official The evacuation of the rebel-held enclave of east Aleppo resumed tonight after three days of delays, a UN official in Syria said. Syria • 18 Dec 16
Turkish car bomb kills 13 soldiers A car bomb killed 13 soldiers and wounded 56 when it ripped through a bus carrying off-duty military personnel in the central Turkish city of ... News • 17 Dec 16
New deal in works to secure Aleppo evacuation A new deal is being negotiated to complete the evacuation of rebel-held areas of Syria's east Aleppo which ground to a halt yesterday after demands ... News • 17 Dec 16
Timeline of offensive to retake Syria's Aleppo As rebel fighters and civilians prepare to withdraw from Aleppo, here is a snapshot of events since forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad launched a ... News • 15 Dec 16
Thousands of people evacuated from eastern Aleppo Thousands of people have been evacuated from the last rebel bastion in Aleppo is under way as part of a ceasefire deal that may end ... News • 15 Dec 16
Aleppo evacuation expected to begin within hours An evacuation of rebel-held districts of Aleppo is back on track and expected to begin within hours, officials on both sides of the war have ... Aleppo • 14 Dec 16
Ceasefire to allow people to leave Aleppo Rebel resistance in Syria's Aleppo has ended after years of fighting and months of bitter siege and bombardment culminating in a collapse of their defences ... News • 13 Dec 16
At least 25 killed in Cairo cathedral explosion Egyptian state television has reported that 25 people, mostly women, have been killed in an explosion near Cairo's Coptic cathedral. News • 12 Dec 16
Syrian rebels get proposal to quit Aleppo Syrian rebels have received a US-backed proposal to leave Aleppo along with civilians under safe passage guaranteed by Russia, rebel officials said as government forces ... News • 11 Dec 16
Kurdish militants claim responsibility for bombing An offshoot of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) claimed responsibility today for twin bombings that killed 38 people and wounded 155 outside an Istanbul ... News • 11 Dec 16
Kerry urges 'grace' from Russia in Aleppo talks US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Russia to show "a little grace" when US and Russian officials meet in Geneva later to try to ... News • 10 Dec 16
UN votes strongly in favour of Syrian truce The United Nations General Assembly has voted by 122 to 13 to demand an immediate cessation of hostilities in Syria, humanitarian aid access throughout the ... News • 09 Dec 16
Syrian army halts attack on Aleppo - Lavrov Nearly 150 civilians, most with disabilities or in need of medical care, have been evacuated from a hospital in Aleppo's Old City overnight. Aleppo • 08 Dec 16
Syria army seizes new rebel district in Aleppo Syrian troops and its allied forces advanced overnight seizing Aleppo's Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood from rebels as they press an offensive to recapture all of the ... News • 03 Dec 16
Colombian Congress ratifies peace deal with FARC Colombia's government is ready to speed the passage of laws and reforms so it can carry out a peace deal with leftist FARC rebels, pending ... News • 01 Dec 16
UN envoy warns Aleppo risks becoming 'graveyard' UN aid chief Stephen O'Brien has told a Security Council emergency meeting on Aleppo that warring parties must protect civilians before the city becomes "one ... News • 30 Nov 16
UN to hold emergency meeting on Aleppo crisis The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on the dire humanitarian crisis unfolding in Aleppo, diplomats said. News • 29 Nov 16
Death for Democracy Series2 EP12 "You cannot believe Government doing such things to their own people. You cannot believe a human being could do such things to another human being..." Voices • 28 Nov 16
Syrian army takes key rebel district in Aleppo Syrian government forces have seized the strategic eastern Aleppo district of al-Sakhour, with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights calling it the biggest defeat for ... News • 28 Nov 16
Residents flee as Syrian army advances in Aleppo Hundreds of residents of rebel-held eastern Aleppo fled shifting frontlines, sources said, after an advance by the Syrian army and allied forces that rebels fear ... News • 27 Nov 16
Car bomb kills at least 10 people in Somalia Police in Somalia say at least ten people were killed in a suspected car bomb attack in the capital Mogadishu. News • 26 Nov 16
