Think of Aleppo in the year 2017 and the first thing that pops to mind isn’t rich, unique soil, or recipe books full of cuisine that bears the prints of centuries worth of shifting civilizations ...

Chef Yann Ghazal minces onion, bulgur, lamb and sun-dried chili paste according to an ancient recipe for quince kubbeh, a sweet and sour delicacy influenced by Aleppo's trade with China.

His colleague, Chef Hasan Al Obaid, who is the third generation of chefs in his family, agreed. His father, who was a chef at one of the biggest hotels in Aleppo, learnt to cook from his own father.

BEIRUT — A week after Islamist rebels swept suddenly into Aleppo, members of the city’s dwindling Christian community are wondering again what future is left for them in Syria. Over nearly 14 ...

Aleppo, in northern Syria, is one of the oldest cities in the world. Now, this Middle East gourmet capital is registering on the itineraries of food tourists. Its cuisine is the product of fertile ...

"What is happening in Aleppo is terrible, and one should not worry excessively about whether to classify the atrocities as genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity," Naimark said in an email.

Eight years ago, Syria’s civil war shifted in President Bashar Al-Assad’s favor after a Russian blitzkrieg on Aleppo helped him regain control over the country’s second biggest city.

Syrian opposition forces have taken control of much of the country’s second-largest city Aleppo after a lightning advance that killed dozens of government soldiers in a major challenge to ...

BEIRUT — For years, the people of Aleppo bore the brunt of bombardment and fighting when their city, once Syria’s largest and most cosmopolitan, was among the civil war’s fiercest battle zones.

The northern city in Syrian is known for its cuisine and blend of cultures with its proximity to the Turkish border. ... VISIT: Aleppo’s Kitchen, 2414 E Katella Ave, Anaheim; 714-991-5000, ...