A view of a wall alongside Aleppo fortress (Photo courtesy of ACOR) The Aleppo Citadel was an important fortification during Crusades and it held back repeated assaults by Crusaders' armies. Prominent ...

Aleppo's old city ... Most of the damage in the citadel was caused by a 2023 earthquake, locals say. Below in the old city, a few alleys of the souk -- once the largest in the world with 4,000 ...

Aleppo’s old city ... Most of the damage in the citadel was caused by a 2023 earthquake, locals say. Below in the old city, a few alleys of the souk – once the largest in the world with ...

Located at the crossroads of several trade routes from the 2nd millennium B.C., Aleppo was ruled successively by the Hittites, Assyrians, Arabs, Mongols, Mamelukes and Ottomans. The 13th-century ...

BEIRUT — Thousands of Syrian insurgents fanned out inside Aleppo in vehicles with improvised armor and pickups, deploying to landmarks such as the old citadel on Saturday, a day after they ...

The opposition rebels on Saturday made their way through large parts of the city, staking their claim in the very center of the city at the Aleppo Citadel and the Great Mosque of Aleppo ...

The Observatory said 20 fighters were killed. Insurgents were filmed outside police headquarters, in the city center, and outside the Aleppo citadel, the medieval palace in the old city center ...

AFP via Getty Images Rebel forces were filmed outside police headquarters, in the city center, and the Aleppo Citadel. There, they tore down posters of Syrian President Bashar Assad, stepping on ...

including the old citadel, said residents. It comes a day after the rebels entered Aleppo where they reportedly faced little resistance from pro-government troops. The insurgents, led by the ...

A video showing a man hanging a Turkish flag on the iconic Aleppo Citadel after a reported seizure of central Aleppo by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led jihadist groups and the Turkish-backed Syrian ...