Syrian Refugees Eagerly Return To Aleppo, Hopeful Fighting Is Over

With the Syrian Army’s bulldozers feverishly removing rubble, some are finding empty lots where their homes once stood.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
Syrian army soldiers march through the streets in the Ansari neighborhood, east Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Dec 23, 2016. (SANA via AP)

(REPORT) --- With the fighting over the Syrian city of Aleppo declared finished on Thursday, civilians displaced over the last four-plus years of fighting began returning to bombed out districts en masse, hoping to find their homes intact, or at least comparatively so, and hoping to reclaim their lives in a now calm city. Not everyone has been

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Syrian Rebels Shell Aleppo, Allegedly Kill Prisoners Day After Evacuation

A Syrian military official told The Associated Press that the gunmen carried out “criminal acts” before the left east Aleppo, adding that he will not go into details until a military investigation is over.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
In this image made from video, buses carrying evacuees and ambulances leave the Ramousseh crossing point in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. T (AP Photo via AP Video)

(REPORT) — Syrian rebels outside Aleppo on Friday shelled a neighborhood in the northern city, killing three people in the first bombardment since government forces took control of the whole city after opposition fighters in the eastern parts withdrew, state TV reported. The shelling, which also wounded 10 people, underscored the challenge ahead

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Syrian Social Media All-Stars Spread Pro-War Propaganda In News & Social Media

Both the mainstream media and social media users have eagerly shared stories of strife and genocide from Aleppo, but who is really behind the pro-war messaging?

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
7 year-old Bana Alabed has amassed 359,000 social media followers. With her exceptional use of English and intriciate knowledge of social media, many observers believe Bana is being used a tool to garner support for the Syrian opposition.

The Syrian military is helping hundreds of thousands of civilians evacuate areas in eastern Aleppo which are currently controlled by rebel and extremist groups. While millions of Syrians have suffered since the current civil war evolved from the Arab Spring protests of 2011, it’s become all but impossible to separate real news from pro-war

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Syrian Army Urges Aleppo Evacuation Sped Up, Threatens to Enter District

The Syrian Army has urged rebels to expedite the evacuation, saying they could enter the area soon and take it by force if the rebels don’t start leaving.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
Syrians evacuated from the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo during the ceasefire arrive at a refugee camp in Rashidin, near Idlib, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. (AP Photo)

(REPORT) --- According to a report from Hezbollah media outlets, the Syrian Army has urged rebels within the final rebel-held district of Aleppo to hurry up and finish the evacuation, saying they could enter the area soon and take it by force if the rebels don’t start leaving. Estimates on the size of the evacuation of Aleppo vary wildly, but

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Journalists Square Off Over Credibility Of Syrian Coverage

Canadian freelance journalist Eva Bartlett recently made headlines after blasting mainstream news agencies for relying on questionable and unnamed sources.

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By teleSUR
In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 photo, a Syrian girl pushes a cart loaded with cooking gas canisters, in Aleppo, Syria. A rebel defeat in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and former commercial center, is likely to reverberate across the war-torn country, where opposition forces continue to hold out in smaller, more disconnected areas. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

As the city of eastern Aleppo continues to be liberated by government forces, two journalists covering the conflict engaged in a heated debate hosted by RT, about the credibility of their sources and the West’s agenda in Syria. Among other things, independent Canadian journalist Eva Bartlett questioned the legitimacy of the sources on which

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Fake ‘Aleppo Genocide’ Pics Spread Online Amid Renewed Calls For ‘Humanitarian’ War On Syria

‘The atmosphere of misinformation only strengthens the Syrian regime’s insistence that all Western media reports of its forces’ atrocities are false,’ noted one media analyst.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
An example of the many doctored, fake, and recycled photos that are being disseminted online claiming to be from Aleppo, Syria. (Photo: Twitter @Partisangirl)

MINNEAPOLIS --- Propaganda about conditions in Aleppo, including photos recycled from other incidents in other places, is spreading online amid efforts to justify war on the Syrian government. Even mainstream media sources and humanitarian organizations admit that reports of atrocities in the besieged Syrian city are often unverifiable rumors.

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