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A shopping mall in Aleppo

Aleppo (Arabic: حلب ['ħalab], Turkish: Halep, Greek: Αλέππο) is a city in northern Syria. From 2012 to 2016 it was a battlefield in the Syrian civil war.

In 2010 it had an official population of 4.6 million. Then, Aleppo was the largest Syrian city. After 2010, however, Aleppo is probably the second-largest city in Syria after the capital Damascus.

Aleppo is one of the oldest continuously lived in (lived in all the time) cities in the world. People may have arrived in the 6th millennium BC.

There was a large earthquake near Aleppo in 1138.

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  • Mosques and minarets of Aleppo, Syria

    Ancient Aleppo

  • Udgravning (Citadellet Aleppo)

    Hadad Temple Inside Aleppo Citadel

  • Al Qaiqan-Moschee3

    Al-Qaiqan Mosque was originally a Hittite pagan temple during ancient times; in addition, a stone block with Anatolian hieroglyphs can be found on the southern wall

  • TabulaPeutingeriana-berya

    Beroea as it is shown in Tabula Peutingeriana

  • Brad Northern Basilica

    The ruins of the Maronite basilica in Barad

  • Aleppo Citadel 10 - Mosque of Abraham

    The Mosque of Abraham in the Citadel of Aleppo, originally built by the Byzantines as a church

  • Bab Qinnasrin2010

    The old walls of Aleppo and the Gate of Qinnasrin restored in 1256 by An-Nasir Yusuf

  • Souk Al Zirb Aleppo

    Souq az-Zirb, where coins were struck during the Mamluk period

  • Al-Atroush Mosque, Aleppo

    Al-Otrush Mosque of the Mamluk period

  • Khusruwiyah mosque and Aleppo view2

    Khusruwiyah Mosque of the early Ottoman period

  • Alep. Prise de Bab Antakieh (publiée) MET DP-1757-027

    1842 daguerreotype by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (the earliest photograph of the city)

  • Aleppo Khan Shuneh

    Khan al-Shouneh dating back to 1546

  • 1 Beit Gazaleh RCh 2010 DSC 1798

    The 17th-century oriental mansion of Beit Ghazaleh

  • Haygazian Armenian School, Aleppo Armenian Quarter (2)

    Qalayet al-Mawarina alley at the Christian quarter in Jdeydeh, dating back to the early 17th century

  • Alep 1850

    City walls and citadel of Aleppo (1850)

  • General Gouraud marching in Aleppo

    General Gouraud crossing through al-Khandaq street on 13 September 1920

  • Aleppo Grand Seray

    Grand Serail d'Alep, originally planned to become the seat of the government of the short-lived State of Aleppo

  • Quweik flood Aleppo

    The Queiq River flood of 6 February 1922

  • Aleppo Old Photo of Psot Office (1920s)

    The central post office, 1920

  • Old trams in Aleppo

    Tram line, put into operation in 1929

  • Aleppo Quwwatli

    Boulevard de France, renamed after Shukri al-Quwatli upon the independence of Syria

  • Aleppo 1950s

    Aleppo Public Park and adjacent highway, 1950

  • King Faisal street Aleppo 1950

    King Faisal Street, 1950

  • Nasser addresses Aleppo, 1960

    Nasser's speech in Aleppo (1960)

  • Syrien 1961 Aleppol 2

    Streets of Aleppo shortly after 1961 Coup d'état

  • Tilel street old pic, Aleppo

    Tilel street, 1970s

  • Aleppo View

    General view of the city from the Citadel (1989)

  • Saadallah al-Jabiri square, Aleppo, after the explosion of October 2012

    The scene at Saadallah Al-Jabiri Square after being targeted by Al-Nusra Front in October 2012

  • Blown out tank Aleppo

    Destroyed SAA tank in the city in October 2012

  • تلال جبل حلب

    The nearby Kurd Mountains at the northwest of Aleppo

  • Downtown Aleppo, Queik river at night

    Queiq River

  • Citadel of Aleppo

    Aleppo Citadel

  • Villa Rose, Aleppo

    Villa Rose, built in 1928 during the period of the French mandate

  • Aleppo throne hall

    Throne hall of the citadel

  • Aleppo Cittadella - GAR - 9-22

    Aleppo Citadel, roof of the baths, with the mosque and minaret in the background.

  • Alepp0fashion

    Two Bedouins and a Jewish woman in Aleppo, 1873

  • Umayyad Mosque, Aleppo, Syria (5077865830)

    Syrian children in Aleppo

  • Rahman mosque

    Ar-Rahman Mosque, Aleppo

  • Armenian Church of the Holy Mother of God, Aleppo, 2010 (1)

    Armenian Apostolic church of the Holy Mother of God

  • Synagogue Aleppo

    The Central synagogue in 2011

  • Aleppomusic

    Musicians from Aleppo, 18th century

  • Aleppo citadel Museum laz

    Aleppo Citadel Museum

  • Kebab khashkhash

    Kebab khashkhash from Aleppo

  • Bakery, Aleppo, Syria - 1

    Aleppine lahmajoun

  • Aleppo suq - GAR - 7-06

    A shop in al-Madina Souq displaying Aleppo soap products, 2004

  • Aleppo-suq-Alp

    Ancient Aleppo, Al-Madina Souq

  • Antioch gate in Aleppo walls

    Gate of Antioch rebuilt during the 11th century

  • Aleppo Night by Charles Hajj

    Bab al-Faraj Clock Tower

  • Great Mosque of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

    The courtyard of the Great Mosque of Aleppo

  • Al-Shibani Alp8

    Al-Shibani building

  • Hammam Al-Nahhasseen Aleppo

    Hammam al-Nahhasin

  • Kharab Shams Basilica, Dead Cities region, NW Syria

    Kharab Shams Basilica, 4th century

  • Church of Saint Simeon Stylites 01

    Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, 5th century

  • Aleppo Bagdad Railway Station, cropped

    Aleppo railway station (Gare de Baghdad)

  • Aleppo (2) cropped

    Aleppo International Airport

  • Aleppo, textile suq market

    Traditional textile and rug markets

  • Aleppo shopping street

    Markets at Tilel street

  • Tilel Street, Aleppo (4)

    Tilel street

  • AleppoCitadel

    The restored square of the citadel

  • Aleppo University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities

    The faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Aleppo

  • Aleppo International Stadium, day view, 2009 (2)

    Aleppo International Stadium

  • Hamadania arena

    Al-Hamadaniah Sports Arena opened in 2021

  • Aleppo city hall laz

    Aleppo City Hall

  • السلام

    Suleimaniyeh District, St George's Church and Tawhid Mosque, 2020

  • Covered Suq of Aleppo2

    Souq al-Dira', maintaining its traditional role as a tailoring centre

  • Khan al-Wazir with Sahibiyah mosque

    Khan al-Wazir after rehabilitation in 2009

  • Khandaq6 Alp

    The historic street of al-Khandaq, restored just before the civil war

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