The Islamist former insurgents now in charge need to build popular support and demonstrate rule of law. And they’re finding ...

The damaged wall of Aleppo Citadel following a reported explosion in a tunnel near the monumental 13th fortress. A blast in a tunnel partly destroyed the wall of the monumental 13th century ...

The Observatory said 20 fighters were killed. Insurgents were filmed outside police headquarters, in the city center, and outside the Aleppo citadel, the medieval palace in the old city center ...

In a fancy restaurant nearby, a family threw a lavish baptism celebration. At the Citadel of Aleppo—once occupied by the Syrian Army and still rumored to be used as a military base by Russian ...

This is Aleppo today. For the last 5 years ... This photo shows tourists exploring the city's ancient ruins and historic citadel in 2009, but tourism has since plummeted. The oldest hotel in ...

The New York Times is tracking the human toll of the conflict in this feature. The primary source is the online video that has allowed a widening war to be documented like no other, and posts try ...

The citadel and its wide, rubbish-strewn moat lies beyond the historic quarter. Once Syria's economic capital, Aleppo and its surrounding neighbourhoods have been destroyed by four years of ...

The Citadel of Aleppo is one of the world's oldest and largest castles. It's a historic architectural site in Syria's Aleppo, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site ...

A war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the insurgents led by Salafi Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, – including Al-Qaeda's former Syria branch, Jabhat al-Nusra – ...

As a man dances atop a camel, surrounded by a joyful crowd, right nearby, on the entrance of the medieval Aleppo Citadel, the new Syrian flag with three red stars and a green stripe is hung.