Nov 30, 2024 | “Russia has been launching air strikes. I think it’s the first time Russia has done that in eight years.”
In a surprise offensive by Syrian rebel forces, the city of Aleppo has been seized. This is the first major challenge to Al-Assad’s regime in years, says the Economist’s Shashank Joshi.
With the evacuation of Aleppo under way, the Russian leader turns his attention to a political settlement. Presenter: Dareen Abughaida. Guests: Marwan Kabalan, Metin Gurcan and Pavel Felgenhauer
US president Barack Obama says the the bloodshed in the Syrian city of Aleppo is on the hands of the Assad regime and its allies Russia and Iran. Speaking at the White House on Friday, in his last press conference of the year, Obama went on to discuss his response to Russian hackin
In an interview to RT, the Syrian President warned against taking statements by western governments at face value, as in Aleppo, they seemed to care more about saving terrorists than civilians. He also slammed the lackluster reaction to ISIS’s onslaught on Palmyra.
Channel 4 News questions the Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem about Syrian and Russian plans to recapture East Aleppo from the rebels and fears about civilian casualties.
RT spoke with Baroness Caroline Cox, a member of the UK Parliament’s House Of Lords, who has just returned from Damascus in Syria, where she met with President Assad – a move which has earned her a lot of criticism from her colleagues.
