Aleppo

Syria thwarts Hezbollah-affiliated plot to assassinate gov’t officials, Interior Ministry announces

Hezbollah put out a statement denying the “false accusations” that it was behind the cell, asserting it had no presence on Syrian territory.

MAY 6, 2026|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Syrian police vehicles drive along a road in the town of Dayr Hafir east of Aleppo, Syria, on January 17, 2026.

Planes that belong to the Royal Jordanian Airlines and other companies are parked at the Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan February 23, 2020.

Syria opens Mediterranean-Aleppo air corridor that could help ease regional snarl

Royal Jordanian is expected to use the Mediterranean corridor on Friday for a flight from Amman to Aleppo as part of the phased return of air traffic.

MARCH 6, 2026|ByREUTERS

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech on the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall, in Damascus, Syria December 8, 2025.

Is Syria’s leader Ahmed al-Sharaa a master geopolitical chess player? - analysis

Ahmed al-Sharaa has proven to be an adept player of geopolitical chess. Now he will be tested on his ability to win the peace in Syria.

JANUARY 20, 2026|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Soldiers from the Syrian Democratic Forces stand in front of the detainees before the first exchange operation between the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian government in Aleppo, Syria, April 3, 2025.

Syria's government faces pivotal moment against SDF, as it retakes largest oil field - analysis

Overnight on January 17 and 18, there were major changes on the ground as Arab tribal fighters claimed to seize control of a number of villages and two oil fields on the East side of the Euphrates.

JANUARY 18, 2026|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Alleged Israeli airstrikes target research center in Aleppo

Further airstrikes by unidentified aircraft on Iranian militias were reported near the Syria-Iraq border shortly after.

MAY 5, 2020ByTZVI JOFFRE

Women walk past shops in Manbej, in Aleppo countryside, Syria May 10, 2018.

Syrian forces consolidate control of Aleppo to eradicate insurgents

The advances have sent hundreds of thousands of Syrian civilians fleeing towards the border with Turkey in the biggest single displacement of the nine-year-old war.

FEBRUARY 17, 2020ByREUTERS

An Armenian woman kneeling beside a dead child in a field “within sight of help and safety at Aleppo.”

Syrian rebels launch car bomb attacks west of Aleppo

Aleppo city has been under full Syrian government control since 2016, when pro-Damascus forces defeated rebels in the east of the city.

FEBRUARY 1, 2020ByREUTERS

The aftermath of a Russian warplane shot down by Syrian rebels in Idlib, Syria

Jewish students donate stipends to help Syrian refugees in Aleppo

Last year, the ten students who are participants of the Sinai Scholars Society program at the liberal arts college jointly decided to donate their $350 participant stipends to fund an aid shipment.

JUNE 3, 2019ByILANIT CHERNICK

Syrian refugees in Aleppo receive aid with the help of Jewish students at Vassar College and Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees

The people and the U.S. are with the Golan

During the tour in the North, the four referred to threats by Hezbollah and Syria.

APRIL 6, 2019ByGAL PERL FINKEL

CLOUDS OVER a village on the Golan Heights

Satellite images show site in Aleppo allegedly struck by Israel

The blasts also caused an electrical blackout in Aleppo, the country's second-largest city.

APRIL 5, 2019ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Satellite images show destruction of site in Syria's Aleppo allegedly struck by Syria

Watch: What actually happened in Syria's Aleppo?

'The Israeli aggression targeted some positions in Sheikh Najjar industrial zone and a number of enemy missiles were brought down,' a Syrian army statement said.

MARCH 30, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF