ALEPPO, Syria — In this city’s forsaken ... forces — a stunning reversal in a war most had thought was over. Monuments to the hated dynasty were torn down or pulled apart.

"Unfortunately, more than 60 percent of the edifices in the old city, monuments of the old city of Aleppo, were devastated to ground zero," said Georges Edleby, a tour guide in the city for 35 years.

“Unfortunately, more than 60% of the edifices in the old city, monuments of the old city of Aleppo, were devastated to ground zero,” said Georges Edleby, a tour guide in the city for 35 years.