ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Before the war, Aleppo's ancient walled citadel drew in armies of visitors to one of the Middle East's greatest treasures. But for the past four years the Citadel's high ...

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Aleppo was the site of some of the Syrian civil war’s most destructive fighting as rebel groups and the Assad regime spent four years fighting for control of its streets.

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 ...

Rebel forces were filmed outside police headquarters, in the city center, and the Aleppo Citadel. There, they tore down posters of Syrian President Bashar Assad, stepping on some and burning others.

A section of the wall of the ancient citadel in Aleppo was destroyed by an explosion in a tunnel under the city, state media and activists reported on Sunday.

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 ...