Although Aleppo city has regained its bustle since the liberation of most of its neighborhoods from foreign-backed al-Qaeda terrorist by the Syrian army in 2016, there are desperate attempts by those terrorists, who are still hiding out in the northern, western and southwestern sides of the city, to paralyze the movement in some streets there and to turn the ancient city again into a field of battle.

The British journalist Vanessa Beeley, who is now in Aleppo city, said in a post she published on her Facebook account that there is graffiti on a wall warns people not to cross a street in Khalediyah neighborhood because snipers lie in wait to pick civilians off like rabbits.

NEW YORK (ST) - More than half of Americans support investigations to dismiss President Donald Trump, according to a new poll conducted by the Wall Street Journal and NBC network.

According to the poll, more than 53 % of respondents said they supported Trump's removal measures and expressed dissatisfaction with his performance. The Democrats occupy the highest percentage in supporting the investigations at 89% compared to 58% of independents and 9% of Republicans. 

PRAGUE, (ST)- A Czech website, that is interested in ancient history, affirmed in a report on Monday that is difficult to find a citadel that is more wonderful than al-Hosn citadel (Krac des Chevaliers) in Syria's Homs.

The  Czech "Historical Moments" website said that the specialty of al-Hosn citadel is not only due to the nature of the large and greatly fortified building, but also due to the fact that it is located in an area that has witnessed the oldest civilizations.

The report focused on the stages of building the citadel, explaining that it is built on an area of 3 hectares and it can accommodate about 4000 soldiers. The report clarified that this area is very big compared to that on which the biggest citadel in the Czech Republic was built, which is one hectare.

WASHINGTON, (ST)-  The "New York Times" has unveiled that suicide cases among the American army personnel have increased and that the number of the soldiers who commit suicide has become bigger than that of the soldiers killed in wars.

An opinion article, "Suicide Has Been Deadlier Than Combat for the Military" by journalist Carol Giacomo, a member of the newspaper editorial board the newspaper's, revealed that suicide rates for active-duty service members and veterans are rising despite the fact that the US government has invested $1 billion in seeking solutions.

According to the "New York Times", more than 45,000 veterans and active-duty service members have killed themselves in the past six years. That is more than 20 deaths a day — in other words, more suicides each year than the total American military deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq.