What Aleppo, Syria looked like before the civil war
The view of Aleppo in 1997 from the Citadel to the city. The Great Mosque is seen in the center of the image. (Ihlow/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
Kids head back home for Ramadan dinner in 2006. (Eric Laffourge/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
The Citadel, built in the 13th century, is seen with evening lights in 1986 in Syria. (DEA / C. SAPPA/De Agostini/Getty Images)
A sweet shop inside Al Madina Souk in Aleppo, Syria, in 2010 before it was destroyed during the civil war. (Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images)
A general view shows Aleppo, the second-largest city in Syria in 2006. (Khaled al-Hariri /Reuters)
The Courtyard of the Great Mosque built in the 11th century in Aleppo. (DEA / C. SAPPA/De Agostini/Getty Images)
Traders, shops and stalls in the area of the medieval souk in the city of Aleppo in northern Syria in 2011. The ancient market, recognized by UNESCO as a world heritage site, was badly damaged by a blaze that started on September 28, 2012, destroying much of the souk as rebel forces clashed with Syrian government troops. (AFP/GettyImages)
A Muslim approaches an ornamented entance of the Great Omayyad Mosque, in Aleppo, Syria in 2000. (Michael Nicholson/Corbis via Getty Images)
The view over Aleppo from the citadel, a large medieval fortified palace, before the civil war in 2010. It is built on top of a man-made earthen mound and the first fortifications date back to the third century BC. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986. (Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images)
View over the ruined Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, built in the the 5th century AD and the oldest surviving Byzantine church, near Aleppo, Syria as seen in 2010. (Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images)
A shopkeeper inside Al Madina Souk in Aleppo, Syria, in 2010, before it was destroyed during the civil war. (Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The Citadel in Aleppo illuminated at dusk circa 2000. (DEA / C. SAPPA/De Agostini/Getty Images)
A street scene in the old town of Aleppo, Syria, in 2010, before the civil war. Aleppo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places on earth; historians claim the site has been lived in for more than 8000 years. Its position at the cross-roads from Europe, Asia and Africa made it a strategic hub for trade. (Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images)
A general view shows the legendary Baron hotel in the old Syrian trading city of Aleppo 2006. Whose notable clientel included Lawrence of Arabia, the hotel was a relic of turbulent times whose guest list reads like a Who’s Who of the 20th century. (Malika Brown/Reuters)
The Tawhid Mosque in Aleppo circa 1990. (Kanus/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
Inside the souk at Aleppo, Syria in 2010. (Dominic Dudley/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
This traditional house is located in Al-Jdaydeh, Aleppo. It was built in the Ottoman period in the eighteens century. It was later converted into a museum. (Ahmed Saleh/Flickr/Getty Images)
A woman walks inside one of Aleppo’s old city streets in Syria in 2006. (Khaled al-Hariri/Reuters)
A woman carries a package on her head in Jedaydeh, the Armenian neighborhood of Aleppo, in 2011. (Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)
View from Aleppo Citadel, Syria in 2009. (John D. Higgins/Flickr/Getty Images)
Late afternoon at the one and only entrance into the Aleppo Citadel. (Julian Kaesler/Flickr/Getty Images)
Tourist in the cafe of Aleppo Citadel, waching the old city from the citadel, Aleppo, Syria in 2008. (Carole Al Farah /Majority World/UIG via Getty Images)
Muslims gather in the square of the Great Omayad Mosque, in Aleppo, Syria in 2000. (Michael Nicholson/Corbis via Getty Images)
Vendors talk inside one of Aleppo’s 37 old souks in Syria in 2006. (Khaled al-Hariri /Reuters)
General view of Aleppo in Syria during sunrise in 2006. (Khaled al-Hariri/Reuters)
The view of Aleppo in 1997 from the Citadel to the city. The Great Mosque is seen in the center of the image. (Ihlow/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
Kids head back home for Ramadan dinner in 2006. (Eric Laffourge/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
The Citadel, built in the 13th century, is seen with evening lights in 1986 in Syria. (DEA / C. SAPPA/De Agostini/Getty Images)
A sweet shop inside Al Madina Souk in Aleppo, Syria, in 2010 before it was destroyed during the civil war. (Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images)
A general view shows Aleppo, the second-largest city in Syria in 2006. (Khaled al-Hariri /Reuters)
The Courtyard of the Great Mosque built in the 11th century in Aleppo. (DEA / C. SAPPA/De Agostini/Getty Images)
Traders, shops and stalls in the area of the medieval souk in the city of Aleppo in northern Syria in 2011. The ancient market, recognized by UNESCO as a world heritage site, was badly damaged by a blaze that started on September 28, 2012, destroying much of the souk as rebel forces clashed with Syrian government troops. (AFP/GettyImages)
A Muslim approaches an ornamented entance of the Great Omayyad Mosque, in Aleppo, Syria in 2000. (Michael Nicholson/Corbis via Getty Images)
The view over Aleppo from the citadel, a large medieval fortified palace, before the civil war in 2010. It is built on top of a man-made earthen mound and the first fortifications date back to the third century BC. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986. (Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images)
View over the ruined Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, built in the the 5th century AD and the oldest surviving Byzantine church, near Aleppo, Syria as seen in 2010. (Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images)
A shopkeeper inside Al Madina Souk in Aleppo, Syria, in 2010, before it was destroyed during the civil war. (Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The Citadel in Aleppo illuminated at dusk circa 2000. (DEA / C. SAPPA/De Agostini/Getty Images)
A street scene in the old town of Aleppo, Syria, in 2010, before the civil war. Aleppo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places on earth; historians claim the site has been lived in for more than 8000 years. Its position at the cross-roads from Europe, Asia and Africa made it a strategic hub for trade. (Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images)
A general view shows the legendary Baron hotel in the old Syrian trading city of Aleppo 2006. Whose notable clientel included Lawrence of Arabia, the hotel was a relic of turbulent times whose guest list reads like a Who’s Who of the 20th century. (Malika Brown/Reuters)
The Tawhid Mosque in Aleppo circa 1990. (Kanus/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
Inside the souk at Aleppo, Syria in 2010. (Dominic Dudley/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
This traditional house is located in Al-Jdaydeh, Aleppo. It was built in the Ottoman period in the eighteens century. It was later converted into a museum. (Ahmed Saleh/Flickr/Getty Images)
A woman walks inside one of Aleppo’s old city streets in Syria in 2006. (Khaled al-Hariri/Reuters)
A woman carries a package on her head in Jedaydeh, the Armenian neighborhood of Aleppo, in 2011. (Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)
View from Aleppo Citadel, Syria in 2009. (John D. Higgins/Flickr/Getty Images)
Late afternoon at the one and only entrance into the Aleppo Citadel. (Julian Kaesler/Flickr/Getty Images)
Tourist in the cafe of Aleppo Citadel, waching the old city from the citadel, Aleppo, Syria in 2008. (Carole Al Farah /Majority World/UIG via Getty Images)
Muslims gather in the square of the Great Omayad Mosque, in Aleppo, Syria in 2000. (Michael Nicholson/Corbis via Getty Images)
Vendors talk inside one of Aleppo’s 37 old souks in Syria in 2006. (Khaled al-Hariri /Reuters)
General view of Aleppo in Syria during sunrise in 2006. (Khaled al-Hariri/Reuters)
