A view of a wall alongside Aleppo fortress (Photo courtesy of ACOR) The Aleppo Citadel was an important fortification during Crusades and it held back repeated assaults by Crusaders' armies. Prominent ...

BEIRUT — Thousands of Syrian insurgents fanned out inside Aleppo in vehicles with improvised armor and pickups, deploying to landmarks such as the old citadel on Saturday, a day after they ...