Four historic souks in northern Syria's Aleppo, heavily damaged during some of the most intense fighting of the 13-year civil war, reopened this week following their restoration. "After I reopened my ...

It used to be one of the most vibrant marketplaces in the Syrian city of Aleppo, but today, the bombed-out streets of Khan al-Harir are home to a solitary shop selling tablecloths. Mohammad Shawash's ...

In Syria's Aleppo, men throw rubble into the courtyard of a historic inn as merchants gather below to oversee the resurrection of their war-battered shops. The shopkeepers have returned for the first ...

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BEIRUT — Fire swept through the old central souk, or marketplace, of Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday, damaging a vast and well-preserved labyrinth of medieval storehouses, shops, schools and ornate ...

Today the World Monuments Fund (WMF) announced the 2018 World Monuments Watch, listing 25 at-risk sites. Threatened by climate change, conflict, natural disasters, and preservation resource ...

Aleppo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places on earth; historians claim the site has been lived in for more than 8,000 years. But over the past five years, the ancient city has been ...

ALEPPO, Syria - Despite the widespread destruction of its ancient treasures in the past years of war and violence, the historic spirit and glorious past of the Syrian city of Aleppo is showing signs ...

The shopkeepers have returned for the first time to clear the debris left behind by years of fighting. In Syrias Aleppo, men throw rubble into the courtyard of a historic inn as merchants gather below ...