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

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
Anti-aircraft fire is seen over Damascus,Syria early April 14, 2018.

This week in 60 seconds

Got a minute? Here's the week in review.

DECEMBER 27, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Jerusalem Post News

This week in 60 seconds

Got a minute? Here's the week in review.

DECEMBER 2, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Jerusalem Post News

Syrian government: Over 100 wounded in ‘chemical attack’ in Aleppo

Numerous sources on social media reported the attack on Saturday evening, claiming ambulances were heard and explosions.

NOVEMBER 25, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A picture taken on March 22, 2017 in the Syrian town of Tayyibat al-Imam in the countryside of the central province of Aleppo, shows fighters running amdist destruction down a street past a rising plume of smoke from a burning tire meant to disrupt warplanes

Syria's Aleppo expects Iran power boost soon

Syrian government forces, with critical help from Iran-backed militias and the Russian air force, recovered full control of Aleppo some 14 months ago, driving out rebels from the city.

MARCH 4, 2018ByREUTERS
Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army fighters warm themselves around a fire in the town of Tadef in Aleppo Governorate, Syria February 12, 2018.

One Turkish soldier killed, five wounded in attack in northwest Syria

A statement said the Turkish forces responded with retaliatory fire, without specifying who the militants behind the attack were.

FEBRUARY 6, 2018ByREUTERS
A Turkish military tank arrives at an army base in the border town of Reyhanli near the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay province, Turkey.