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Israeli airstrikes put Aleppo airport out of service, claims state media
Fp Staff •Israel has conducted hundreds of airstrikes on Syrian territory during the course of the country's more than ten-year conflict, mostly focusing on Iranian-backed troops, Lebanese Hezbollah combatants, and Syrian army locations
Descent into Horrors: After civil war, earthquake brings more agony to Syria's Aleppo
Fp Staff •Aleppo is one of the oldest cities in the world to have been constantly inhabited since at least 4,000 BC. The war destroyed some of its most treasured ancient structures. Now the latest shock of the quake has flattened more buildings
Turkey, Syria earthquake: How three ancient cities were reduced to rubble
•The massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday devastated three ancient cities: Antakya, Sanliurfa, and Aleppo. While Antakya in south-central Turkey was founded in 300 BC by a former general of Alexander the Great, Aleppo in Syria is one of the oldest cities in the world
Syria: Building collapse in war-damaged Aleppo kills 16
•Dozens of rescue workers toiled at the site as darkness fell and some used their bare hands to dig into the grey rubble
Resurrection: Ertuğrul, currently on Netflix, far exceeds its reputation as a ‘Turkish Game of Thrones'
Menon •Resurrection: Ertuğrul glorifies valour and bravery, but also warmth and tenderness.
Russia air raids, strikes by Bashar al-Assad's forces kill 21, including 10 children, in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province
•Most of Idlib province remains out of the control of the Syrian regime, as do adjacent areas of Aleppo, Hama and Latakia provinces
'Cat Man of Aleppo' opens up another feline shelter after first one is destroyed by air strikes
Fp Staff •A Syrian ambulance driver, also known as the 'Cat Man of Aleppo', has opened up another shelter for homeless cats after the previous one was destroyed in a series of aerial bombings.
130 fighters killed in 48 hours in northwest Syria in clashes between regime forces and jihadist combatants, says human rights monitor
•Fighting raged in northwest Syria on Thursday with clashes between regime forces and jihadist-led fighters killing 130 combatants in two days, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Air strikes by Syria and Russia kill 28 people in embattled Idlib despite ceasefire announced by Moscow
•Assad Regime and Russian airstrikes have killed 28 people including seven civilians in embattled Idlib, Northwest Syria
Aleppo attack: Russia claims Syrian rebels used chlorine-infused chemical weapons; 100 hospitalised with breathing trouble
•Syrian state media and a monitor reported that around 100 Syrians were hospitalised with breathing difficulties in Aleppo after an attack allegedly using "toxic gas."