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Media captionGeorge Osborne: We share responsibility for what is happening in Syria George Osborne has told MPs that they share some responsibility for the terrible events happening in Syria. The ex-chancellor said the unfolding tragedy in Aleppo had not “come out of a vacuum” but was due to “a vacuum …

Media caption“Here comes the barrel bomb” – trapped resident Joud al-Khatib in Aleppo Military action has ended in eastern Aleppo, Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, has said. He said Syrian government troops had re-established control over the last areas of the city held by rebels. He said an …

Aleppo first became caught up in the war in July 2012, when rebels launched an offensive to expel government forces and gain control over northern Syria. But the assault was not decisive, leaving the city divided in half with the opposition controlling the east, and the government controlling the west.

Image copyright Aleppo National Archives Throughout the long battle for Aleppo, as Syria’s most ancient city has been blasted into ruins around him, one man has worked continuously to preserve an image of the city as it once was, before the horrors of war arrived. A little over 10 years …

In an interview with the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire, an English teacher inside one of the remaining rebel-held areas of Aleppo said it felt like “Doomsday” as government forces advanced. “Bombs are everywhere,” Abdul Kafi Alhamado said, “People are running, people are injured in the streets, no-one can dare go to …

12 December 2016 Last updated at 16:47 GMT Drone footage reveals the extent of the devastation in eastern Aleppo.

Image copyright Reuters Image caption These Free Syrian Army fighters remained in the rebel-held area Syria’s army says the battle for Aleppo is in its final phase, after major gains by troops in the city’s south left rebels on the brink of defeat. Lt Gen Zaid al-Saleh, head of the …