Albert Aji, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

This image released by the Syrian Presidency shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, in Damascus, Syria on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Putin's visit is the second to the war-torn country where his troops have been fighting alongside Syrian government forces since 2015. (Syrian Presidency via AP)

News

Putin visits Syria, meets with Assad

by Albert Aji Associated Press, and Daria Litvinova Associated PressJanuary 7, 2020

DAMASCUS, Syria — Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Damascus on Tuesday for a meeting with President Bashar Assad, a rare visit that comes amid soaring tensions between Iran and United States following the U.S. drone strike that killed a…

This frame grab from a video released on Nov. 2, 2017 by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows smoke and debris rising after Syrian government shelling of the Deir el-Zour city during a battle against Islamic State militants, Syria. The Syrian army announced on Friday, Nov. 3 it liberated the long-contested eastern city of Deir el-Zour from the Islamic State group. (SANA via AP)

News

Assaults in Syria and Iraq oust IS from border bastions

by Albert Aji Associated Press, and Zeina Karam Associated PressNovember 3, 2017

News

Damascus rocked by suicide blast, 2 others foiled

by Albert Aji Associated Press, and Sarah El Deeb Associated PressJuly 2, 2017

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian security forces, emergency services and residents look at the remains of burned vehicles at the site of a bombing in Tartus, Syria, Monday, Sept. 5, 2016. Syrian state media reported that multiple bomb blasts have struck government and military targets around the country. (SANA via AP)

News

Bomb blasts kill dozens in Syria

by Albert Aji Associated PressSeptember 5, 2016

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens and firefighters gather at the scene where one of rockets hit the Dubeet hospital in the central neighborhood of Muhafaza in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, May 3, 2016. Shells and mortar rounds are raining down on every neighborhood Aleppo," said Aleppo-based health official Mohammad Hazouri, speaking from Al-Razi hospital. He said four people were killed and more than 30 wounded in Dubeet hospital alone, adding that half the casualties at the hospital were women and children. (SANA via AP)

News

Russian orchestra plays in Palmyra; dozens killed in refugee camp

by Albert Aji Associated Press, and Philip Issa Associated PressMay 5, 2016

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens and firefighters gather at the scene where one of rockets hit the Dubeet hospital in the central neighborhood of Muhafaza in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, May 3, 2016. Shells and mortar rounds are raining down on every neighborhood Aleppo," said Aleppo-based health official Mohammad Hazouri, speaking from Al-Razi hospital. He said four people were killed and more than 30 wounded in Dubeet hospital alone, adding that half the casualties at the hospital were women and children. (SANA via AP)

News

US declares Aleppo cease-fire

by Albert Aji Associated Press, and Mathew Lee Associated PressMay 4, 2016

This image made from video released by Qasion News Agency on Friday, shows people scrambling through rubble following airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria.

News

Rising violence kills over 200 in a week in Syria’s Aleppo

by Albert Aji Associated Press, and Bassem Mroue Associated PressApril 29, 2016

A Syrian policeman stands guard outside a polling station during the parliamentary election in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Polling stations opened in government-held parts of Syria where a new 250-member parliament will be elected. Arabic reads: "Polling station." (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

News

Syria balks at Assad departure

by Zeina Karam Associated Press, and Albert Aji Associated PressApril 14, 2016

In this photo taken Friday, April 8, 2016 and provided by Russian Defense Ministry press service, a Russian serviceman checks for mines in Palmyra, Syria. Russian combat engineers arrived in Syria on a mission to clear mines in the ancient town of Palmyra, which has been recaptured from Islamic State militants in an offensive that has proven Russia’s military might in Syria despite a drawdown of its warplanes. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service Photo via AP)

News

IS fighters retake north Syrian town rebels

by Albert Aji Associated Press, and Bassem Mroue Associated PressApril 11, 2016

A Syrian soldier shows journalists the curriculum, which Islamic State fighters were teaching at schools in the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, on Friday, April 2, 2016. Explosions rocked the ancient town of Palmyra on Friday and on the horizon, black smoke wafted behind its majestic Roman ruins, as Syrian army experts carefully detonate hundreds of mines they say were planted by Islamic State militants before they fled the town. (AP Photo)

News

Syria’s Palmyra: Ghost town bearing scars of IS destruction

by Albert Aji Associated PressApril 1, 2016