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- The battle for Aleppo comes at a highly significant moment in the conflict. Russian intervention saved President Assad's forces from collapse, and then propelled them to success. In the West, politicians switched from demanding Mr Assad's immediate departure to virtually conceding his victory.
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The teacher Now living in Gaziantep, Turkey, with her husband and three children. She still works inside Syria on child protection and tackling violence against women. Their home is a shrine to Aleppo, the Syrian revolution, and the friends they lost. She appears in the Oscar-shortlisted documentary about Aleppo, For Sama. When the decision about e...
The aid worker Now living in Canada, where she claimed asylum after a work trip to the US. She is getting treatment for trauma from her time inAleppo and 14 months in Assad’s jails. Currently working at a mail-order fashion company, she is still determined to complete her education and work as a teacher when she is well enough. I remember the last ...
The rescue worker Now living in a rural area of opposition-held western Aleppo. He got married after escaping the siege and has two young daughters. After a short break in Turkey, he returned to working with the White Helmets. Because his area is quieter than Aleppo he helps track planes and helicopters and clear unexploded ordnance. Aleppo was hel...
The bakery coordinator Now living in northern Syria, near the Turkish border and relatively far from the fighting. His five children have started to recover from the trauma of Aleppo. He manages four camps housing 2,600 displaced widows and orphans. I married my second wife in the last 20 days of the siege of Aleppo. She is a nurse. We were living ...
The orphanage director Now living in Izmir, Turkey, with his wife, mother and niece, who was orphaned in the war. He got nearly 50 children safely out of Aleppo.He has just welcomed his own first child, a daughter. He has a scholarship to study business management, which could offer a path to Turkish citizenship. A video went viral of the orphanage...
Taxi driver – missing Despite months of efforts to find Abo Awad, we cannot confirm whether he made it out of Aleppo alive or, if he was successful in escaping, where he is now. One of the traumas of all wars is people left uncertain of their loved one’s fates. The United Nations saysthat in Syria more than 100,000 people have so far “been detained...
Aug 18, 2016 · The battle of Aleppo is a golden opportunity for Jabhat Fatah al-Sham to present itself as the leading rebel group in Syria. What is its political program?
Nov 24, 2016 · In western Aleppo, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Tuesday that at least 16 civilians — 10 of them children — were killed by rebel shelling.
Beginning in 2012 and concluding in 2016, the Battle of Aleppo has been a major war of attrition in the fight against the so-called Islamic State as well as served as a major impediment to the Astana Peace Process.
Dec 13, 2016 · Syrian rebels attacked Aleppo in July 2012, a year after the 2011 uprising that spawned from anti-government protests against President Assad before spiralling into civil war. The rebels gained...
Jan 17, 2018 · The vacuum left by America’s isolationist stance in the conflict, which led directly to Russia’s military intervention seemingly as part of some international agreement, settled the battle for Aleppo in the regime’s favor. Modern Russian weaponry and air support proved decisive in numerous battles.
