What was it like in Aleppo before the civil war?

There is currently a fragile ceasefire in Syria where the civil war has been raging for five long and bitter years and some 400,000 have died. The ceasefire has had a particular impact on the commercial capital of the country Aleppo where the regime holds the west and the rebels occupy the east.

But Aleppo – one of the oldest cities in the world – is a mere shadow of what it once was. A couple of weeks before the civil war began, I was on holiday in Syria and our organised tour included Aleppo. You can read what it was like there and then here.


 




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