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Shahba mall1
A shopping mall in Aleppo

Aleppo (Arabic: حلب ['ħalab], Turkish: Halep, Greek: Αλέππο, other names) is a city in northern Syria. It has about 2.2 million inhabitants. It is the largest city in Syria. Aleppo is the capital of the Aleppo Governorate. Since 2012 it has been a battlefield in the Syrian civil war.

There was a large earthquake near Aleppo in 1138.

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  • Ancient Aleppo from Citadel

    Ancient Aleppo

  • Udgravning (Citadellet Aleppo)

    Hadad Temple Inside Aleppo Citadel

  • 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 being 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 Ottoman period

  • Aleppo Khan Shuneh

    Khan al-Shouneh of 1546

  • Aleppo Jdeydeh

    Narrow alley at the Armenian quarter in Jdeydeh, early 17th century

  • 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 as the government building of the State of Aleppo

  • Aleppo Quwwatli

    Shukri al-Quwatli street, was known as Rue de France during the French mandate

  • Aleppo Night by Charles Hajj

    Bab al-Faraj Clock Tower with the Aleppo City Council tower in the left background

  • Aleppo, tilel street

    Tilel street

  • تلال جبل حلب

    The nearby Kurd Mountains at the northwest of Aleppo

  • Downtown Aleppo, Queik river at night

    Queiq River

  • Alepp0fashion

    A Jewish woman and a couple of Bedouins in Aleppo, 1873

  • Umayyad Mosque, Aleppo, Syria (5077865830)

    Syrian children in Aleppo

  • Rahman mosque

    Ar-Rahman Mosque

  • Surp Asdvadzadzin10

    Armenian Apostolic church of the Holy Mother of God

  • Synagogue Aleppo

    The Central synagogue in 2011

  • Aleppo citadel Museum laz

    Aleppo Citadel Museum

  • Aleppomusic

    Musicians from Aleppo, 18th century

  • Kebab khashkhash

    Kebab khashkhash from Aleppo

  • Citadel of Aleppo

    Aleppo Citadel

  • Aleppo throne hall

    Throne hall of the citadel

  • Aleppo-suq-Alp

    Ancient Aleppo, Al-Madina Souq

  • Antioch gate in Aleppo walls

    Gate of Antioch rebuilt during the 11th century

  • Al-Shibani Alp8

    Al-Shibani Church-School

  • Hammam Al-Nahhasseen Aleppo

    Hammam al-Nahhasin

  • Aleppo Bagdad Railway Station, cropped

    Aleppo Railway Station

  • Aleppo (2) cropped

    Aleppo International Airport

  • Aleppo, textile suq market

    Traditional textile and rug markets

  • Aleppo shopping street

    Markets at 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

    Aleppo International Stadium

  • 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

  • Khandaq6 Alp

    Al-Khandaq street, one of the restored streets of the old city


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