Discover Aleppo: Syria invites tourists to visit ancient city 2 years after liberation (VIDEO)

Video offering panoramic and aerial views of Aleppo has been released by the Syrian ministry of tourism in an apparent attempt to say that the country’s historic pearl is finally ready to receive visitors. The pitch comes almost two years after the Syrian army defeated jihadist rebel groups besieging the city in a series of […]

‘Israeli rockets’ strike Syrian military positions near Aleppo – state media

Published time: 15 Jul, 2018 21:37 Syrian military positions near Aleppo airport have come under a missile strike, state media reports, blaming Israel for the attack. The strike targeted “one of our military positions north of the airport in Aleppo,” a military source told the Syrian Arab News Agency, stressing that the damage from the […]

‘Israeli rockets’ strike Syrian military positions near Aleppo – state media

Published time: 15 Jul, 2018 21:37 Syrian military positions near Aleppo airport have come under a missile strike, state media reports, blaming Israel for the attack. The strike targeted “one of our military positions north of the airport in Aleppo,” a military source told the Syrian Arab News Agency, stressing that the damage from the […]

Thousands of Christians in Aleppo & across Syria turn out for Easter celebrations (PHOTO, VIDEO)

Crowds have lined up for Easter celebrations across Syria. Festive processions, involving priests, worshippers and scouts, marched through the streets in Aleppo, Latakia and Damascus, marking the Palm Sunday. As Catholics around the world celebrated one of the most significant Christian holidays on April 1, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus, thousands in the war-ravaged Syria, […]

Damascus to buy Iranian power generators for devastated Aleppo

Published time: 12 Sep, 2017 15:11 Syria has signed a contract to buy Iranian power generation equipment for the country’s war-torn city of Aleppo, according to Syrian state news agency. The agreement was reportedly signed by Iran’s state-run Mabna company during a visit to Tehran by the Syrian Electricity Minister Zuhair Kharboutli. The deal is […]

‘They filmed him before providing first aid’: Father of blood & dust-covered Aleppo boy to RT

The Syrian boy, whose traumatized face covered in blood and dust flashed across media screens and prompted global outrage, was filmed and exploited purely “for the sake of propaganda,” the boy’s father who now lives in liberated Aleppo told RT’s Ruptly. Omran Daqneesh was rescued from the rubble in the aftermath of a bombing in […]

Terrorists & rebels lured evacuees out of buses with snacks before blast – Aleppo attack witnesses

Eyewitnesses to the bomb attack on a refugee convoy near Aleppo that killed dozens of children said the militants lured people out of the vehicles with snacks before the explosion, and also stopped them from escaping the blast site. A powerful explosion hit several buses full of people leaving militant-held towns and villages outside Aleppo […]

Over 60 children killed in Aleppo bus convoy bombing, UNICEF says

Published time: 17 Apr, 2017 15:48 The UN Children’s Fund has condemned the killing of more than 60 children in a recent Aleppo bomb attack targeting evacuees. “After six years of war and human carnage in Syria… six years of heartbreak for so many Syrian families… there comes a new horror that must break the […]

This Week In Trailers: Last Men in Aleppo, Another Evil, STEP, Flames, Violet

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]