Aleppo

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.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
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.
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.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A Kurdish internal security forces member stands guard with a weapon as Syrian Kurds attend a protest in solidarity with the people in the neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh in Aleppo, in Hasakah, Syria January 7, 2026.

After Kurdish forces were expelled from Aleppo, Kurds fear new Syrian offensive - analysis

There are also concerns about how detainees are being treated by the Syrian authorities and about the desecration of the bodies of the fallen.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Members of the Syrian Civil Defence work to extinguish a fire after shelling amid renewed clashes between the Syrian army and the Syrian Democratic Forces in Aleppo, Syria, January 8, 2026.

Thousands protest in northeast Syria over expulsion of Kurdish fighters from Aleppo

Five days of fighting last week left at least 23 people dead, according to Syria's health ministry, and saw more than 150,000 flee the two Kurdish-run pockets of the city.

|ByREUTERS

Alleged Israeli airstrikes target Syrian Aleppo airport for second time in week

Last week, alleged Israeli airstrikes hit Damascus and Aleppo airport within an hour.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
Illustrative image of an airstrike.

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.”