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Battle for Aleppo escalates, U.N. sees 'bleak moment'

EghtesadOnline: Syrian rebels fought fiercely with pro-government forces trying to advance into opposition-held areas of eastern Aleppo and warplanes kept up their bombardment of the area on Friday in a renewed bid by Damascus to retake the entire city.
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Publish Date:19/November/2016 | 06:04

Russia says it extends moratorium on Aleppo air strikes

EghtesadOnline: Russia said on Tuesday it would extend a moratorium on air strikes on Syria's Aleppo into a ninth day, but a monitor and a civil defense official said that rebel-held parts of the divided city had been struck in recent days.
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Publish Date:26/October/2016 | 13:04

U.N. aborts plan to evacuate patients from Aleppo , blames all parties

EghtesadOnline: The United Nations has abandoned plans to evacuate patients from besieged rebel-held east Aleppo which it had hoped to accomplish during a three day lull in fighting last week, blaming all parties to the conflict for obstructing efforts.
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Publish Date:25/October/2016 | 08:57

Aleppo city quiet on third day of ceasefire: monitor

EghtesadOnline: Calm prevailed across the divided northern Syrian city of Aleppo on the third of four consecutive day-time unilateral ceasefires announced by Russia, but medical evacuations and aid deliveries have still not happened, a war monitor said.
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Publish Date:22/October/2016 | 08:39

Specter of Sanctions Hovers Over Russia as Merkel Hosts Putin

EghtesadOnline: President Vladimir Putin’s hastily-announced visit to Berlin comes on the heels of a temporary moratorium on Russia’s bombing of Aleppo as its military actions in Syria invite more punitive action from the West.
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Publish Date:19/October/2016 | 09:32

Syria rebels reject Aleppo withdrawal after Russian statement

EghtesadOnline: Syrian rebels said on Tuesday they rejected any withdrawal of fighters from Aleppo after Russia announced a halt in air raids which it said was designed to allow insurgents to leave and to separate moderate fighters from extremist militants.
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Publish Date:19/October/2016 | 07:24

Russia says to halt Aleppo strikes for eight hours on Thursday

EghtesadOnline: Russian and Syrian armed forces will pause attacks on the Syrian city of Aleppo for eight hours on Thursday to allow civilians and rebels to leave the city, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Monday.
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Publish Date:18/October/2016 | 05:24

Putin Aims to Lock In Syrian Gains Before New U.S. President

EghtesadOnline: President Vladimir Putin is seeking to lock in gains from the Syrian battlefield, where forces backed by Moscow are laying siege to the city of Aleppo , before a new U.S. president takes office in January, according to top lawmakers in Moscow.
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Publish Date:15/October/2016 | 07:48

U.S., Russia Wrangle Over Aleppo as Bombs Threaten Deeper Rift

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. and Russia are due to start talks with Middle Eastern powers over the war in Syria in a bid to row back from a diplomatic collision over the siege of Aleppo in a standoff that has brought ties between the Cold War adversaries to a new low.
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Publish Date:15/October/2016 | 07:41

Syrian government, allies advance as Russia vetoes U.N. demand

EghtesadOnline: Russia vetoed a French-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution on Saturday that would have demanded an immediate end to air strikes and military flights over Syria's Aleppo city and called for a truce and humanitarian aid access throughout Syria.
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Publish Date:09/October/2016 | 09:41

Putin’s Middle East gamble is paying dividends

EghtesadOnline: Vladimir Putin has made an art of turning weakness into strength. As Russian and Syrian forces pound Aleppo in the biggest assault of Syria’s five-year civil war, the Russian president clearly has emerged as a dominant force in the Middle East.
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Publish Date:05/October/2016 | 07:59

Syria presses Aleppo advance, tells rebels to leave

EghtesadOnline: Syrian government and allied forces have advanced toward Aleppo , pursuing their week-old offensive to take the rebel-held part of the city after dozens of overnight air strikes.
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Publish Date:03/October/2016 | 05:18

Kerry defends diplomacy as Russian-backed forces pound Aleppo

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry defended his efforts to negotiate with Moscow over the war in Syria on Monday, despite the collapse of a ceasefire that has led to a massive Russian-backed assault on the besieged rebel-held sector of Aleppo .
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Publish Date:27/September/2016 | 04:18

Battle rages near Aleppo , air onslaught continues

EghtesadOnline: Syrian government and rebel forces battled for control of high ground on the Aleppo outskirts on Saturday as warplanes bombed the city's opposition-held east relentlessly in a Russian-backed offensive that has left Washington's Syria policy in tatters.
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Publish Date:25/September/2016 | 02:56

Syrian government seizes area in Aleppo attack, death toll climbs

EghtesadOnline: Syrian government forces seized ground from rebels north of Aleppo on Saturday, tightening their siege on the city's opposition-held east as it came under fierce air strikes in a major offensive by the Russian-backed army.
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Publish Date:24/September/2016 | 11:37

Jets pound Aleppo 's rebel-held areas, defying U.S.

EghtesadOnline: Warplanes mounted the heaviest air strikes in months against rebel-held districts of the city of Aleppo overnight, rebel officials and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday.
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Publish Date:22/September/2016 | 10:36

US believes Russian aircraft hit Syria convoy

EghtesadOnline: The United States believes two Russian aircraft attacked an aid convoy near Aleppo in a strike that shattered a one-week truce, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, but Russia denied involvement.
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Publish Date:21/September/2016 | 04:17

Aid for Syria waits on Turkish border as warring sides bicker

EghtesadOnline: Two convoys of aid for the Syrian city of Aleppo were waiting in no-man's land on Wednesday after crossing the Turkish border, held up by security fears and disagreements between combatants on the third day of a ceasefire.
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Publish Date:15/September/2016 | 08:09

At Least 45 Killed in Syria After US-Russia Agreement

EghtesadOnline: The Aleppo Media Center, an activist collective, said 45 people were killed Saturday, just hours after the new U.S.-Russian agreement was reached to try and end the violence in Syria. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 30 people were killed in Aleppo province and another 39 were killed by airstrikes in neighboring Idlib province.
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Publish Date:11/September/2016 | 08:54