Raid kills 25, including 6 children, in Syria`s Aleppo: NGO

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 21:55

An airstrike on Syria`s second city Aleppo on Sunday killed at least 25 people, a monitor said.

Syrian rebels seize strategic hospital in Aleppo

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 23:17

Syrian rebels seized control a strategic hospital near Aleppo, giving a boost to beleaguered anti-government forces in the northern city after days of relentless airstrikes on opposition-held neighborhoods there, activists said on Saturday.

Syria regime raining death on Aleppo: HRW

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 19:24

Syrian regime forces are raining death on Aleppo, killing hundreds of people in air strikes that were either "criminally" indiscriminate or "deliberately" aimed at civilians, a rights group said on Saturday.

Secret detentions fuel Syrian `campaign of terror`: UN

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 08:24

Syrian activists and other citizens have vanished into secret detention as part of a "widespread campaign of terror against the civilian population" and a tactic of war by the Damascus government, UN investigators said.

500 killed in South Sudan clashes, UN diplomats told

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 06:21

Up to 500 people have been reportedly killed in clashes between rival South Sudan army factions in past three days, as per BBC reports.

Over 100 killed as Syria`s Aleppo bombed for third day

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 04:52

Syrian aircraft pounded rebel-held areas of Aleppo for a third day, with hospitals reportedly overwhelmed as more than 100 people have been killed in the bombing.

Toll mounts as Syria`s Aleppo bombed for third day

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 01:46

Syrian aircraft pounded rebel-held areas of Aleppo for a third day Tuesday, with hospitals reportedly overwhelmed as more than 100 people have been killed in the bombing.

Syrian aircraft hit Aleppo, killing 15: Activists

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 21:15

Syrian military aircraft targeted rebel-held districts in the northern city of Aleppo for the third straight day on Tuesday , killing at least 15 people, activists said.

India-origin British doctor dies in Syrian custody

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 19:31

Dr Abbas Khan, an orthopaedic surgeon from Streatham, south London, travelled to the city of Aleppo last year to help civilians.

Air raids on rebel area of Syria`s Aleppo kill 13: Watchdog

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 15:21

Two children were among at least 13 people killed in new air strikes on a rebel-held district of Syria`s main northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday, a watchdog said.

Syrian airstrikes pummel rebel areas

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 00:46

Syrian government aircraft pounded opposition areas in the northern city of Aleppo and near the southern border with Jordan on Monday.

`Barrel bomb` raids in Syria`s Aleppo kill 76

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 22:34

The Syrian air force was on Monday accused of killing 76 people by unleashing barrels packed with explosives on Aleppo, a focal point for fighting between regime and rebel forces.