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 damage to the city has been widespread. Part of Aleppo's ancient ramparts collapsed in July 2015. The minaret on the Great Mosque of Aleppo was also destroyed. The Aleppo souk, with its 4,000 ...

Picture: AFP/George Ourfalian A pilgrim in a walkway around the courtyard of the Great Mosque or Omayyad Mosque on February 26, 2007 in Aleppo, Syria. In 2012, Aleppo became a site of fierce civil ...

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 ...

BEIRUT (AP) — President Bashar Assad made a rare visit to the northern province of Aleppo on Friday to tour the country’s largest city and inaugurate a power station that was once held by ...

Over 1,200 years old, the Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Aleppo was constructed in 717 CE by the Umayyad Caliph Suleyman, and is the largest mosque in the city of Aleppo, Syria. Its ...

The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Aleppo, sits near a medieval covered market in the Old City, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The mosque was heavily damaged in October ...