Return to Aleppo: 'I never expected such destruction'
Many families who fled the war are now returning to formerly rebel-held eastern Aleppo to find homes, schools, mosques and churches in ruins
A Syrian boy walks amid the rubble of ruined buildings in Aleppo in July (AFP)
Jonathan Steele-Wednesday 4 October 2017
ALEPPO, Syria - Every evening, as cool returns to the streets, residents of Aleppo make their way to the city’s ancient citadel to take selfies or snaps of each other.
The nearby buildings, including the Great Omayyid Mosque, are heavily damaged or, like the vaulted souks, once the largest in the Middle East, they are in total ruin. The area was fought over for much of Syria’s war.
