Aleppo Pro-Assad Forces Reportedly Carry Out Massacre in Rebel Holdout
Syrian military source says army in 'last moments before declaring victory' in Aleppo; rebel-linked media report 180 people executed in eastern Aleppo.
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- Trump delays until January announcements on his plans for his businesses (Reuters
- UN Syria humanitarian adviser: Assad, Russia accountable for any atrocities in Aleppo (Reuters)
- Syrians celebrate after rebels retreat into small pocket of their former bastion in Aleppo (AP)
- Syrian army executes over 180 after taking eastern Aleppo, rebel-affiliated media reports (Haaretz)
- IDF's first two F-35 fighter jets land in Israel (Haaretz)
- White House says supports congressional review into Russian attempts to influence election (Reuters)
- Pope appeals to Syria's Assad to respect humanitarian law, let aid (reuters)
- Turkish warplane crashes in southeastern city of Diyarbakir, pilot ejected (Reuters)
- Russia's Lavrov says U.S. returns to dead-end stance on talks with Moscow on Syria (Reuters)
- British men jailed for funding Brussels bomb suspect (Reuters)
- Italy's new government to be sworn in later on Monday (Reuters)
- Syrian opposition says won't make concessions despite Aleppo's fall (Reuters)
- Moscow: American suspension of operations in Syria's Raqqa allowed ISIS to take Palmyra (Reuters)
- Supposed threat at U.S. capitol visitor center part of security exercise, police say (Reuters)
- U.S. capitol visitor center on lockdown for 'security threat' inside building, police say (Reuters)
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