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Russia, China Veto Cease-Fire as Syrian Army Advances

  • Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for a week-long cease-fire in Aleppo as the Syrian government seized another rebel-held neighborhood in the city (Al Jazeera)

Human Error Behind Strikes on Syrian Troops

  • A Pentagon investigation into a U.S.-led airstrike in September that killed up to sixty-two soldiers in eastern Syria said the accident was due to human error (New York Times)

Syrian Rebels Suffer Major Setback in Aleppo

  • Russia’s defense ministry said that Syrian government-aligned forces captured ten neighborhoods and three thousand buildings in rebel-held northern neighborhoods of Aleppo (AP)

Aleppo Bomb Hits Hospital and Kills Seven

  • Air strikes on a rural village in Aleppo province killed seven members of the same family, including four children, opposition activists said. The attacks mark the fourth day of renewed assault by Syrian government warplanes on eastern Aleppo districts, a rebel-held enclave of 275,000 people (Associated Press)

Rebels in Aleppo Used Chemical Weapons Against Syrian Army, Says Russia

  • The Russian Defense Ministry said that rebels in eastern Aleppo had used chemical weapons against the Syrian army, injuring thirty soldiers (Reuters)

Syrian Army Advances on Rebel-Held Aleppo

  • The Syrian army claimed it took over a district on the southwestern outskirts of Aleppo that runs along the regime-controlled corridor into the city. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights called the government’s capture of the district the most significant regime advance since September (Al Jazeera)

Syria’s Return to UNGA

  • Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa called for international sanctions on the country to be lifted in an address to the UN General Assembly—the first by a Syrian leader since 1967 (NPR)
  • He criticized Israeli airstrikes on Syria but stressed Syria was “committed to dialogue” (Times of Israel)
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that negotiations are underway on a potential security agreement between the two countries (Reuters)
  • In another sign of Syria’s global reintegration, Ukraine restored diplomatic ties with Syria (Al Jazeera)