Aleppo

Syrian authorities arrest Aleppo woman for practicing 'witchcraft and sorcery' in video

The circulating footage showed a woman, allegedly A.Y., burning an unidentified object on a stone before a crowd gathered to question her about what she was doing.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A.Y. was arrested by the Internal Security Forces of Syria following a video circulating where she "engages in witchcraft."
A protester in Aleppo burns tyres to protest the increase in fuel prices in Syria on the highway between Aleppo and Turkey, Syria, September 13, 2026.

Fuel protests reveal the economic risks threatening Syria’s fragile transition - analysis

The protests have affected most of the country. This includes incidents in Aleppo in the north, Dara’a in the south, Deir Ezzor on the Euphrates River, and Hasakah.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A Syrian Airlines passenger jet, the first aircraft to land at Aleppo airport after it was shut during the offensive that toppled president Bashar al-Assad, receives a water salute upon arrival on March 18, 2025.

Syria's aviation revival: How the end of Assad and the Iran war brought the industry back

The war-torn nation began its revival effort soon after the ousting of former president Bashar al-Assad, with recent developments including the return of Syrian Airlines to Europe.

|ByAARON GLICK
People wave Syrian flags as they gather at Umayyad Square in Damascus to watch a broadcast of Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa delivering a speech at the United Nations, in Syria, September 24, 2025.

Syria's Kurds demonstrate in multiple cities, government announces curfew

According to the Hasakah Media Directorate, groups attacked internal security headquarters in the cities of Hasakah and Qamishli, both of which contain a large number of Kurds.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER, ARIELLA ROITMAN

Aleppo runway repaired just days after alleged Israeli strike

Syria accused Israel of carrying out airstrikes against Aleppo International Airport followed by another at Damascus International Airport on Wednesday night.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Smoke rises from shelling on the road to Aleppo international airport.

Alleged Israeli airstrikes target Aleppo, Damascus within an hour

This is the first alleged Israeli airstrike to target the Aleppo airport since 2019.

AUGUST 31, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
Smoke rises from shelling on the road to Aleppo international airport.

VR tech at Israel Museum resurrects destroyed Aleppo synagogue

Using the advanced technology of virtual reality to produce a digital 3D model of the synagogue, the exhibit brings back to life a community and a period long since vanished.

JUNE 21, 2022ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKY
A new exhibit at the Israel Museum uses VR technology to bring back to life the rich heritage of the destroyed Great Synagogue of Aleppo.

Israeli airstrikes reported south of Aleppo - Syrian media

Syrian media claimed it was "Israeli aggression," stating that Israel's target was a factory and research center.

JULY 20, 2021ByGADI ZAIG
A pair of US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles fly over northern Iraq after conducting airstrikes in Syria

Seven Iran-backed fighters killed in airstrike in east Syria

Local media reported two large explosions in the city early on Saturday morning, with some reports claiming that an alleged Israeli airstrike had targeted Iranian sites in the city.

MAY 17, 2020ByTZVI JOFFRE
An Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli air force pilots

Report: Iranian-backed militia evacuates from Aleppo

The headquarters are being moved from within the city to a new area in the city’s outskirts due to fears of being targeted by Israeli airstrikes.

MAY 6, 2020ByTZVI JOFFRE
An Israeli air force F15 fighter jet flies during an exhibition as part of a pilot graduation ceremony at the Hatzerim air base, southern Israel June 25, 2009

Iranian, Palestinian militias in Aleppo evacuate after airstrikes

For the first time since Iran entered Syria with thousands of troops and militia fighters, the Islamic Republic is reducing its forces and clearing out from bases in the war-torn country

MAY 6, 2020ByTZVI JOFFRE
SYRIAN ARMY soldiers gesture last week in Kafr Hamra, in Syria’s Aleppo province.

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