When Gary Johnson responded, "What is Aleppo?" to a question on MSNBC, he was chided. But, NPR's Scott Simon says, even people who don't draw a blank don't have great ideas about how to fix Syria.

Barnicle told Johnson that Aleppo is “the epicenter of the refugee crisis,” which is correct, since fighting in what was before the war the most heavily populated region of Syria, and its ...

Aleppo is a major city in Syria that’s been engulfed by the civil war there and the refugee crisis, but Johnson seemed confused when “Morning Joe” co-host Mike Barnicle asked him: “What ...

Aleppo is the town in war torn Syria where a little boy named Omran was recently swept out of his crumbled home by an aid worker and seated in an emergency vehicle. His heartbreakingly dazed and ...

Aleppo's renowned textile factories have been destroyed. The city's rich cultural and religious mix of Christians, Muslims, Armenians and Kurds has been torn apart by the conflict.

Regardless of the Aleppo gaffe, Johnson remains far behind Trump, the Republican nominee, and Democrat Hillary Clinton in the polls, with an average of about 9 percent support.

Aleppo is one of Syria's largest cities and one of its most divided. For years, control of the city has been split between President Bashar Assad's forces and the rebels fighting his authoritarian ...

Gary Johnson is confused about the civil war in Syria. The Libertarian presidential candidate appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe Thursday, where he was asked what he would do about Aleppo.

Aleppo has been an important trading center since the 2nd millennium B.C. and was a node on the Silk Road. Gary Johnson may never have heard of the city, but Shakespeare did back in the early 17th ...

"What is happening in Aleppo is terrible, and one should not worry excessively about whether to classify the atrocities as genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity," Naimark said in an email.

“Aleppo is in Syria,” explained Barnicle slowly. “it’s the epicenter of the refugee crisis.” “Okay, got it. Well, with regard to Syria, I do think that it’s a mess,” said Johnson.