Syria

Khaleed Khateeb, 21, was the videographer for the Netflix documentary The White Helmets. "This photo was after double tap of aircraft in 27-7-2014," he says, referring to an air strike followed by another attack. "I don't know how I survived."

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Young Syrian With A Dream Risks His Life To Film New Netflix Doc

3:21pm September 26, 2016

by Maanvi Singh

Khaled Khateeb wants to show the world the heroic efforts of the White Helmets — a search-and-rescue group in Syria that's the subject of a new Netflix documentary.

World News

Aleppo Under The Most Intense Air Bombardment Since Syrian War Began, U.N. Says

12:15pm September 25, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

The U.N. Secretary-General said he was "appalled by the chilling military escalation," and that the bombing of densely populated urban areas may amount to war crimes.

World News

Syria's Famed 'White Helmets' Group Says It's Being Targeted In New Offensive

4:09pm September 23, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Warplanes were pounding rebel-held areas of the northern city of Aleppo, and a group of volunteer search-and-rescue workers known as the White Helmets says its centers were targeted by airstrikes.

World News

Syrian President Bashar Assad Says U.S. 'Not Genuine' About Cease-Fire

4:57pm September 22, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

In an interview with The Associated Press, Assad blamed the U.S. for the collapse of a fragile truce earlier this week and denied carrying out well-documented human rights abuses.

A 6-year-old boy in New York wrote a letter to President Obama offering to share his home with Omran Daqneesh, the Syrian boy who was seen in the aftermath of an airstrike last month in Aleppo.

'He Will Be Our Brother': Boy, 6, Asks Obama To Bring Syrian Boy To Live With Him

4:18pm September 22, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The breathtaking sadness of seeing a young boy suffering amid Syria's civil war has prompted a breathtaking offer of hospitality and friendship.

Syrian civilians are seen in the aftermath of renewed attacks on an opposition-controlled area in Aleppo on Tuesday.

World News

5 Medical Workers Reportedly Killed In Airstrikes After Syria Truce Collapses

12:58pm September 21, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

A French aid organization said its emergency medical staffers were killed near Aleppo on Tuesday, a day after the cease-fire collapsed.

A Red Cross vehicle carrying aid arrives in the rebel-held town of Talbiseh, Syria, on Monday.

World News

Syrian Military Declares End To Cease-Fire; Aid Convoy Comes Under Attack

5:46pm September 19, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

The Syrian military accused rebels of violating the seven-day cease-fire and declared the truce over. Trucks carrying food and medicine to an area west of Aleppo were attacked from the air.

Syrian government soldiers walk in the damaged government-held side of Aleppo on Sept. 16. Initially, U.N. officials had observed calm in war-ravaged Aleppo during the recent cease-fire, but Saturday's violence in the country's eastern regions spells ill

U.S. Says Coalition Airstrike Accidentally Hit Syrian Army Positions

8:09pm September 17, 2016

by Colin Dwyer

The attack was halted after Russia told coalition forces that dozens of regime soldiers had been killed. U.S. officials say the strike, which came during a cease-fire, was aimed at ISIS militants.

World News

On Day 3, Syrian Truce Still Largely Holds But Aid Trucks Languish At Border

11:01am September 14, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The U.N. reports there's been a significant drop in violence but that further assurances are required before aid can access those in need. At least 20 aid trucks are waiting near the Turkish border.

Secretary of State John Kerry tells NPR that the new U.S.-Russia ceasefire deal in Syria is the best option under the circumstances. Without it, he says, there would be more deaths.

Secretary Of State John Kerry On Syria Cease-Fire: 'What's The Alternative?'

8:15am September 14, 2016

Secretary of State John Kerry tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that the new U.S.-Russia cease-fire deal in Syria is the best option under the circumstances. Without it, he says, there would be more deaths.

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