Earthquake stuns Syria’s Aleppo even after war’s horrors
Feb 9, 2023 · Aleppo became a symbol of how President Bashar Assad succeeded in clawing back most opposition-held territory around Syria’s heartland with backing from Russia and Iran at the cost of horrific destruction.
Turkey earthquake: Aleppo among worst-hit areas in Syria - BBC
Feb 7, 2023 · More than 1,600 people have been reported dead so far in northern Syria following the quake. Emergency rescue teams said many buildings were damaged or destroyed and that people were trapped under...
Inside Aleppo: BBC sees devastation after quake
Feb 10, 2023 · Only devastation remains inside Aleppo, a Syrian city that was already dealing with the effects of a years-long civil war before the deadly earthquake hit on Monday. The BBC is one of the first...
Aleppo's war-scarred citadel damaged in earthquake | Reuters
Feb 7, 2023 · The ancient citadel of Aleppo, scarred by Syria's 11-year conflict, suffered further damage in the earthquake that ravaged southern Turkey and northern Syria, a local architect and the Syrian...
UNESCO site ‘in danger’ faces greater peril after earthquake
Feb 8, 2023 · UNESCO said Tuesday it would provide assistance to damaged heritage sites in Syria and Turkey and offered condolences to the families of victims of the disaster. The UN cultural organization was...
Mapped: Five years of destruction in Aleppo - Washington Post
Syria says it has retaken Aleppo. These maps show the damage the 5-year conflict has done to Syria's largest city.
Inside Aleppo: BBC sees devastation after quake - BBC News
Feb 10, 2023 · Only devastation remains inside Aleppo, a Syrian city that was already dealing with the effects of a years-long civil war before the deadly earthquake hit on Monday. The BBC is one of the first...
Citadel of Aleppo - Wikipedia
Aleppo and the citadel were heavily damaged in the earthquake of 1822. After the earthquake only soldiers lived in the citadel. [10] The Ottoman Governor of the time, Ibrahim Pasha, used stones from destroyed buildings in the citadel to build a barracks in the north of the crown.
Syrian Citadel in Aleppo Damaged by Earthquake - The Wall …
Feb 7, 2023 · Footage shows damage to the ancient Citadel of Aleppo in Syria after earthquakes hit the region on Monday. Some structures, which were reduced to rubble, were built in the 12th and 13th...
The Destruction of Aleppo | Cultural Heritage and Mass Atrocities …
A 2018 report by UNITAR and UNESCO documented damage at the end of 2016 to more than 33,500 structures in Aleppo. 31 The intensity of structural damage varied from a maximum of 65 percent in the central al-Aqabeh neighborhood to 50 percent in the periphery. 32 Figure 10.4 shows a map of the intensity of damage in different parts of the city in ...