This is Aleppo today. For the last 5 years ... The building was used as a prison by ISIS before rebel forces occupied the region. Source: The Guardian When Bashar al-Assad was elected the ...

The battle for Aleppo fractured the city along social and economic lines. Whether people here can live together again will help decide the fate of a new Syria.

Mercy Corps has the largest operation inside Syria, after the U.N. Photo credit: Peter Biro Muheeildin, 40, was a lawyer in Aleppo before the war – but when ISIS came to his village, he fled to ...

Of the more than 60,000 businesses in the sector, once one of Syria's most productive and the pride of the city, only 10% are ...

Standing on a road surrounded by wrecked buildings on a cold, sunny day, Ahmed is pensive, stirred by the harrowing memories from this point eight years ago. “Eight years ago, I was besieged in ...

During the four years of fighting before the government recaptured Aleppo following a devastating ... s army turned into a stronghold during the war. Most of the damage in the citadel was caused ...

The diplomat added that monitoring in eastern parts of the city will be carried out by the same observers that worked in the western part of Aleppo before. "There are currently 150 UN humanitarian ...

A total of 1,349 schools are currently open in Aleppo," the official said. Some school buildings were almost completely destroyed during the war. "During the war, militants occupied the upper ...

Six years into Syria’s bloody civil war, Aleppo – the second-largest city ... fuel - like we used to have in the days before the siege. Even if they are in refugee camps, but people still ...

Syria’s conflict started as one of the popular uprisings against Arab dictators known as the 2011 Arab Spring, before Assad crushed the largely peaceful protests and a civil war erupted. Half a ...

A UNESCO Heritage with Global Appeal The UNESCO-protected tradition of Aleppo soapmaking, dating back thousands of years, represents one of humanity's earliest successful formulations ...

The primary source is the online video that has allowed a widening war to be documented like no ... Military Location Fighting this month in Aleppo reached the doorstep of the city's hilltop ...