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 ...

Russian Defense Ministry published photos of demining the ancient citadel of Aleppo in Syria — historic fortress in the old town. According to UNESCO, 60% of the old city of Aleppo has been ...

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 ...

The source said in a statement to SANA that army units carried out a swift operation, during which they established full control over al-Farafira neighborhood to the northwest of Aleppo Citadel ...

In a fancy restaurant nearby, a family threw a lavish baptism celebration. At the Citadel of Aleppo—once occupied by the Syrian Army and still rumored to be used as a military base by Russian ...

Once famous for its bustling markets and old citadel, Aleppo's Old City was rendered almost unrecognisable by some of the worst violence in Syria's conflict between government forces and rebels ...

Aleppo was one such place and its souk lay on ... When I first wandered in via the gate near the citadel, I discovered that there was only one thing I could not find in there: the desire to ...

"I fell in love, I don't know why," confesses Alaa al-Sayed with a lingering gaze towards his beloved. The object of affection for this Syrian historian is the ancient gate of Bab al-Nasr, the ...

(MENAFN- Jordan Times) The Aleppo Citadel was an important fortification during Crusades and it held back repeated assaults by Crusaders' armies. Prominent Crusaders were kept imprisoned in the ...