Many of Aleppo's historical sites, including its famed Al-Madina Souq market and the Umayyad mosque, were badly damaged during Syria's civil war. According to UNESCO, 60% of the old city of Aleppo ...

Syrian fighting torches historic medieval market in Aleppo; other cultural sites damaged By Karin Laub The Associated Press Posted September 30, 2012 5:45 am 5 min read ...

BEIRUT — A landmark mosque in Aleppo was burned, scarred by bullets and trashed — the latest casualty of Syria’s civil war — and President Bashar Assad on Monday ordered ...

The site has been a place of Muslim worship since the 8th century, but the original building was razed by the Mongols in the 13th century, from when the current structure dates.

Fighting for control of Aleppo, Syria’s biggest city, raged on Sunday after a fire in its historic covered market underscored how deepening civil war is tearing apart a country at the heart of ...

The top United Nations human rights official said Friday that the siege and bombing of the Syrian city of Aleppo constituted ‘crimes of historic proportions.’ Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, a ...