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Aleppo

In this Dec. 5, 2016, file photo, Syrian army soldiers fire their weapons during a battle with rebel fighters at the Ramouseh front line, east of Aleppo, Syria. 
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A man carries an elderly woman as people continue to leave Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. 
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A Syrian grocery shop in Istanbul sells brands that are familiar to Syrian customers, such as canned meats and condensed milk.
Migration
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A woman votes for President Bashar al-Assad
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(Clockwise from top left) Meklit Hadero in red lighting, Sinkane stsnding in front of wooden wall, Diana Gameros standing in front of a brick wall and Hello Psychaleppo looking down at a keyboard.
Movement
Four musicians grapple with the same question: What is home?
Several Syria soldiers are shown walking alongside and riding on a tank in a dirt road.
Military
Syrian forces consolidate control of Aleppo, air strikes under way
Mother, father and baby pose outside for a photo in wooded area
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A man is shown walking in front of a metro stop in Istanbul at dusk with the long shadow of several other people on the wall.
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Syrian children
Conflict & Justice
For Syrian refugee children in Turkey, a ‘home with dignity’ is hard to find
Destroyed buildings, cars, and people and are seen from across the street in Aleppo's old town.
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Three Syrian medical staff wear gas masks in a chemical weapons attack training.
Conflict
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syrian food served in turkey
Conflict & Justice
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Rows of greenish-brown soap sit on wooden racks
Culture
French demand for Syrian soap keeps an ancient art alive
Several people look at bags of dried ingredients laid outside a shop. In the foreground, a man leans against a stall.
Business
In rubble of Aleppo souk, tablecloth shop makes solitary comeback
Dima Basha (right) watches dubbed cartoons with her daughter, Angelina, to help her learn formal Arabic.
Culture
How SpongeBob SquarePants is helping one Syrian woman preserve her culture for her daughter
Bassel Almadani on stage with the Supernaturals
Music
A Syrian-American soul singer takes his music to Trump country
A woman walks along a damaged street in Aleppo, Syria February 2, 2017.
Conflict
Do civilian deaths in Mosul and Aleppo deserve the same scrutiny?
Drs. Abdulkhalek (center) and Farida (right) look on during a Senate Foreign Relations hearing on the conflict in Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Conflict
These two Syrian doctors survived the siege of Aleppo — and helped many others survive, too
Rebel fighters and civilians gather as they wait to be evacuated from a rebel-held sector of eastern Aleppo, Syria
Conflict
Syria suspends Aleppo evacuations after deadly bus attacks
Russia Syria aid carnage
Global Politics
When post-fact Russia meets Donald Trump’s ‘truthful hyperbole’
Old Aleppo, looking toward the citadel, before the war. Many of the minarets and ancient buildings have been damaged or destroyed in the civil war.
Conflict
What’s been lost from Aleppo’s ‘magical’ Old City
News Thump
Conflict
The Aleppo tragedy has left one Arab satirist with nothing to say
Civilians flee Aleppo
Conflict
Syria rebels announce new evacuation deal for Aleppo
Aleppo
Conflict
The battle of Aleppo is nearing the end, a ‘total collapse’
Aleppo
Conflict
Six countries call for immediate ceasefire in Aleppo
Smoke rises after strikes on Aleppo, Syria, December 3, 2016.
Conflict
The Syrian army has retaken over half of the rebel-held east Aleppo
People walk near rubble of damaged buildings
Conflict
The situation in eastern Aleppo is as grim as ever
People walk near rubble of damaged buildings, in the rebel-held besieged area of Aleppo.
Conflict
Fighting continues to shake Aleppo as the UN envoy pushes truce efforts
Aleppo residents walk past a burnt bus in the city's rebel-held Seif al-Dawla neighborhood.
Conflict
Driving without headlights in besieged eastern Aleppo
Sunset from the rebel-held section of Aleppo, which has been under siege for more than a year.
Culture
Only good memories of Aleppo allowed on this Facebook page
Aleppo residents scan the scan the skies fearing an airstrike in the rebel-held al-Myassar neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria.
Conflict
In besieged Aleppo, death from above can come at any moment
A boy inspects a damaged site after airstrikes on the rebel held Tariq al-Bab neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria September 23, 2016.
Conflict
No more ceasefire: Missiles blast Aleppo as Syria army readies ground assault
Aleppo
Conflict
United Nations urges Syrian government to allow aid deliveries
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Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson gives two thumbs up to the crowd after speaking at a campaign rally in Boston on Aug. 27.
Conflict
No. 3 US presidential candidate: ‘What is Aleppo?’
Three men sit in rubble in white helmets
Conflict
How to help: Some of the groups that worked to save Omran Daqneesh — and countless others — in Syria
Syrian boy Aleppo
Conflict
Photographer who took Omran’s picture in Aleppo: ‘I hope all photos of children and attacks in Syria go viral’
Syrian boy Aleppo
Conflict
Images of a shocked, bloodied young boy in Aleppo go viral
Conflict
The last female OB-GYN in eastern Aleppo explains why she keeps working in a city under siege
Residents inspect their damaged homes after an airstrike on the rebel-held Old Aleppo, Syria on Aug. 15.
Conflict
Russia says it’s ‘close’ to joining forces with the US in Aleppo
A Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter points towards blue sheets spread over streets as a cover from snipers as he walks on the rubble of damaged buildings in Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, August 7, 2016.
Conflict
Both sides brace for a crucial battle over Syria’s Aleppo
White Helmet volunteers search for survivors at a site reportedly hit with a barrel bomb in the Al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, on September 17, 2015.
Conflict
With Aleppo under siege, the city’s ‘White Helmet’ volunteers pull bodies from rubble day after day
Civil defense members carry a casualty after an airstrike in the rebel held area of al-Sukari in Aleppo.
Conflict
A Chicago surgeon recounts a nightmarish journey through Aleppo
Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad walk past rubble after they advanced on the southern side of the Castello road in Aleppo, Syria.
Conflict
Surrounded, hungry and afraid, many in Aleppo, Syria still refuse to leave
Smoke rises after airstrikes on Aleppo's Castello Road on June 2.
Conflict
Aleppo, Syria is about to run out of food
A Syrian nurse stands next to incubators with newborns who were evacuated by medical staff at a children's hospital into the basement following reported government bombardment on June 9, 2016.
Conflict
Being born in Aleppo may be as dangerous as living there
Boys carry boxes of biscuits near rubble of damaged buildings in Aleppo, March 2, 2016.
Conflict
What life is like in Aleppo after the ‘ceasefire’
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A part-time fighter with the anti-government forces in Aleppo, who gave her name simply as ‘Um Abdo’ - or ‘mother of Abdo,’ her eldest son
Conflict
Here are some of the faces behind the siege of Aleppo
Conflict
Built to last: He’s staying in a war zone because he can’t bear to leave his 1950s cars
Young migrants and refugees walk through a town in northern Serbia toward the Hungarian border. There's a fear that young men like these might bring violence with them.
Conflict
These men say they’re leaving Syria because they don’t want to fight anyone
Abu Ezzat in the Old City of Aleppo.
Conflict
A father in Aleppo frets about five of his sons on rebel frontlines
Rami Jarrah, a Syrian political activist and citizen journalist.
Conflict
A citizen reporter’s journey through the rubble of Aleppo air strikes
Free Syrian Army fighters snap a picture of an elderly man using a mobile phone in Old Aleppo, Syria.
Conflict
In Aleppo, cell phones are helping some desperate Syrians find clean water
View of Aleppo’s public park from a rooftop. Many buildings in the background have been damaged or destroyed.
Music
How a punk rocker from DC got interested in ancient songs from Syria
Christianne Boudreau and her son Damian Clairmont who died fighting for an extremist group in Syria.
Justice
Christianne Boudreau lost her son when he went to fight with ISIS. Now she’s doing something about it.
Global Politics
This Syrian girl’s exile has stretched from weeks to years
9-year-old Ahmad in Beirut 2014
Conflict
Giving Syrian children their identities back, one portrait at a time
A man reacts as he carries a child who survived what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in the Al-Fardous neighborhood of Aleppo, September 19, 2014.
Conflict
US air strikes spark sympathy for Syrian extremist groups in rebel-held areas