A UNHCR staff stands in front of the Citadel of Aleppo, a large medieval fortified palace in the centre of the old city of Aleppo, which considered to be one of the oldest and largest castles in the ...

ALEPPO, Syria, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Ruled successively by Hittites, Greeks, Romans and Ottomans, Aleppo's ancient city has survived violent change over thousands of years.

For 10 miles as you approach Aleppo, Syria’s ancient second city and World Heritage Site, you pass through a wasteland of destruction: factories, elegant villas and modest homes all pummelled by ...

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 advance on Aleppo followed a shock offensive they launched Wednesday, as thousands of fighters swept through villages and towns in Syria’s northwestern countryside.

Chef Yann Ghazal minces onion, bulgur, lamb and sun-dried chili paste according to an ancient recipe for quince kubbeh, a sweet and sour delicacy influenced by Aleppo's trade with China.

Eight years ago, Syria’s civil war shifted in President Bashar Al-Assad’s favor after a Russian blitzkrieg on Aleppo helped him regain control over the country’s second biggest city.

A suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt in Syria's northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, killing himself but causing no other casualties, state news agency SANA said. The blast occurred near a ...

With a history as ancient as Damascus — considered to be one of the longest continuously inhabited cities in the world — Aleppo has been won and lost by a succession of empires, sacked by ...

ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Ruled successively by Hittites, Greeks, Romans and Ottomans, Aleppo's ancient city has survived violent change over thousands of years.