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Syrian airline cancels flight to Aleppo

By Ben Hubbard
Published December 29, 2012 5:33pm ET
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Syrian airline cancels flight to Aleppo
FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2012 file photo, a man runs between debris after a mortar shell hit a street killing several people in the Bustan Al-Qasr district of Aleppo, Syria. 2012 was a year of storms, of raging winds and rising waters, but also broader turbulence that strained our moorings. Old enmities and grievances resurfaced in the Middle East, clouding the legacy of the 2011 Arab spring. And the number of dead in the Syrian civil war passed 40,000. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras, File) | Narciso Contreras

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s national airline canceled a flight to Aleppo on Saturday because of fighting near its international airport, while the United Nations top envoy to the country said it faced “hell or a political process” but gave no sign a truce was in sight.

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