Aleppo

Aleppo (/əˈlɛp/; Arabic: ﺣﻠﺐ / ALA-LC: Ḥalab, IPA: [ˈħalab]) is the largest city in Syria and it serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Syrian governorate. With an official population of 2,132,100 (2004 census), it is also one of the largest cities in the Levant. For centuries, Aleppo was the Syrian region's largest city and the Ottoman Empire's third-largest, after Constantinople and Cairo.

Aleppo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world; it has been inhabited since perhaps as early as the 6th millennium BC. Excavations at Tell as-Sawda and Tell al-Ansari, just south of the old city of Aleppo, show that the area was occupied since at least the latter part of the 3rd millennium BC; and this is also when Aleppo is first mentioned in cuneiform tablets unearthed in Ebla and Mesopotamia, in which it is noted for its commercial and military proficiency. Such a long history is probably due to its being a strategic trading point midway between the Mediterranean Sea and Mesopotamia (i.e. modern Iraq).

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A city 'destroyed' - Irish-Syrian dentist's humanitarian mission to Aleppo

RTE 19 Apr 2025
An Irish-Syrian citizen who fled Aleppo in 2014 has said her home city was "completely destroyed" after a recent visit ... During a five-day humanitarian medical missions, she was stationed in Maarat al-Numan - a town south of Aleppo ... It was devastating to see," Ms Shakerdi told RTÉ News....
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Rallies in Morocco, Yemen, Tunisia, Syria protest Israeli genocide in Gaza

Anadolu Agency 11 Apr 2025
Thousands joined rallies and protests Friday in Morocco, Yemen, Tunisia and Syria to demand an end to the Israeli genocidal war against the Gaza Strip ... In Tunisia, hundreds joined a rally in Tunis ... Syrian state news agency, SANA, also reported rallies in Aleppo in northern Syria, Arbin and Damascus in the southwest ... 7, 2023, Hamas attack ... ....
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Kurdish fighters leave Aleppo as part of deal with Syrian government

Naharnet 05 Apr 2025
... in Aleppo over the past decade ... Syria's state news agency, SANA, reported that government forces were deployed along the road that SDF fighters will use to move between Aleppo and areas east of the Euphrates River, where the Kurdish-led force controls nearly a quarter of Syria....
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Kurdish fighters leave northern city in Syria as part of deal with central government

Wtop 04 Apr 2025
ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — Scores of ... Syria’s state news agency, SANA, reported that government forces were deployed along the road that SDF fighters will use to move between Aleppo and areas east of the Euphrates River, where the Kurdish-led force controls nearly a quarter of Syria....

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