A UNESCO Heritage with Global Appeal The UNESCO-protected tradition of Aleppo soapmaking, dating back thousands of years, represents one of humanity's earliest successful formulations ...

Russian Defense Ministry published photos of demining the ancient citadel of Aleppo in Syria — historic fortress in the old town. According to UNESCO, 60% of the old city of Aleppo has been ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

SYRIAN troops advanced into Aleppo’s central old city yesterday in the final offensive against 5,000 Western-backed insurgents. They liberated the Farafira district on the north side of the medieval ...

ALEPPO, Syria—Late one January night, two balaclava-clad security officers with Syria’s new government were speeding through the streets of Aleppo in pursuit of a man who had been spotted ...

The historic Baron Hotel in Syria's Aleppo is dilapidated and damaged by years of war but still standing and ready for a revival, much like the city itself. Aleppo's old city, designated a UNESCO ...

“Hopefully there will be a day that we see them again restored.” The ancient souks where Aleppo’s famed olive oil soap is piled up in stacks for sale has been reduced in many places to ...

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