Ruslan Galitsky

Russia Awards Medals To Dead and Wounded

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The women were serving as medics at a field hospital in western Aleppo. A mortar struck the hospital on Monday. A Russian paediatrician seriously wounded in that attack also received the medal. A fifth Order of Courage went to a Russian colonel wounded elsewhere. Russia is helping Syrian state forces. The Kremlin named the five … Read more

Syria Rebels ‘withdraw From Old City’

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Syrian rebels have left the last areas they held in Aleppo’s old city, while calling for a five-day truce to allow the evacuation of civilians. Activist monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the pull-back in Syria’s second city came after days of heavy fighting. State media confirmed the military had taken over … Read more