Even its crown jewel, The Citadel of Aleppo, was badly damaged and left to rot. Buildings destroyed by air attacks are still visible from the foot of the Citadel today. Even in the city’s rif ...
Videos emerged on Friday night from Aleppo showing the HTS fighters freeing prisoners from government jails. Other fighters shot videos of themselves celebrating taking over the historic citadel ...
The citadel and its wide, rubbish-strewn moat lies beyond the historic quarter. Once Syria's economic capital, Aleppo and its surrounding neighbourhoods have been destroyed by four years of ...
jihadist group had reached the citadel of Syria’s second city as government forces melted away. Video clips shared on social media showed fighters and vehicles advancing into the Aleppo ...
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 ...
In a statement, it said troops had been withdrawn from Aleppo temporarily "to prepare a counteroffensive". Footage verified by the BBC showed rebels had reached the city's ancient citadel.
A man waved a Syrian opposition flag as he stood near Aleppo's historic citadel. The Syrian military command said militants had attacked in large numbers and from multiple directions, prompting ...