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Russia launches offensive in Syria, airstrikes hit Aleppo after weeks-long pause
Civilians walk past debris of damaged buildings in the rebel held area of Old Aleppo, Syria on Monday. (Reuters)
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Pope Francis appeals for urgent truce in Syria’s Aleppo
Pope Francis waves at the end of his weekly audience at the Vatican. (Reuters)
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Airstrikes in Syria’s Aleppo and shelling in Daraa kill 14
A boy walks past damaged buildings in the northern Syrian rebel-held town of al-Waqf, in Aleppo. (Reuters)
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Russia ignores France’s appeal, vetoes UN resolution to ‘save Aleppo’
A Syrian man holding a girl as he stands on the rubble of houses that were destroyed by Syrian government forces air strikes in Aleppo, Syria. (AP File Photo)
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East Aleppo will be totally destroyed in 2 months, UN warns
A Syrian man walks past a bus set ablaze following a reported air strike in the rebel-held Salaheddin district of Aleppo. (AFP)
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US-Russia talks on verge of ending as Aleppo faces catastrophe
US Secretary of State John Kerry admitted that months of diplomacy to end the war had hit a dead-end. (AFP Photo)
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Missiles batter Aleppo as Syria army readies ground assault, 30 killed
People inspect a damaged site after airstrikes on the rebel held Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria. (REUTERS)
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Missiles batter Aleppo as Syria army readies ground assault, 30 killed
People inspect a damaged site after airstrikes on the rebel held Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria. (REUTERS)
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After five years of war, soldiers replace tourists in Aleppo’s battered Old City
People pass by damaged buses placed as barricades in the rebel-held Bab al-Hadid neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria. (REUTERS)
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