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The battle of Aleppo is slowly drawing to a close after almost four and a half years of brutal fighting. A ceasefire agreement was recently reached allowing people to leave besieged areas of the city and travel to rebel-held areas in Idlib province, and pro-government forces, who have taken nearly all rebel-held districts in the city, are in the process of evacuating civilians and rebel fighters.
Over 30,000 people are reported to have died since fighting began in 2012, and another 20,000 are thought to have been displaced from Syria's biggest city. Once a popular tourist destination, and famed for its spectacular white marble, Aleppo now lies in ruins. Much of the city's ancient heritage has been damaged, including the Great Mosque, which was built in the 8th century, and the citadel of Aleppo, considered to be one of the largest and oldest castles in the world. The battle might be coming to an end, but some of the damage will never be mended. Take a look at some of these heartbreaking before and after pictures to see the scale of devastation for yourself.
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Terri Owens 8 years ago
The photography is spectacular but this whole situation makes me sad. What a complete lack of humanity.
Diandra Hayle 8 years ago
Am I a bad person for feeling sad for the dogs cats and animals over there? But I feel sad for those animals...
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Susan Serventi 8 years ago
Thank you to the photographer for capturing some of this devastation, as they say "a picture is worth a thousand words." 😢
Emmanuel Christian 8 years ago
i watched top gear middle east special ... is this the place where they look for gold, frankinsence, and myrrh?
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sofia suarez 8 years ago
yoshina tanaka you are a ruthless, mean, and a disgrase to this site your family and humans. you are just disgusting have a little respect there are hundreds of pople trap there dying there sending there children of only 2 y/o alone in a boat the boat that is used for five people well in thosse boats there are aproximily 158 people in a sinking boat that they payd their life house all their money to go away from that situations waiting to be found by people with little mercy and love to help them like M.O.A.S. bet you never heard of that couse you are an ignorant assshole that knows s**t about any thing happening in in a countrie thats not yours. so let me tell you one more thing F**K YOU
myplane150 8 years ago
The man was just trying to be clever and he failed miserably. Doesn't deserve to be chastised to this extent. The enemy here is Assad, He is a douche bag that needs to stop breathing.
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Nanig Dikranian 8 years ago
Im syrian and from Aleppo, this is my home and u know nothing about the war there! And btw al jazeera is not a trustful channel...
MadameButterfly 8 years ago
You wouldn't say that if it was your home and place....ignorant.
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Nikita Otto 8 years ago
This is gut wrenching. Seeing so much life in one picture and then the sense of death in the other
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Marcela 8 years ago
It looks like bombed Dresden, WW II, when thousands of people were captivated in the catacombs under the city, suffocated by gas bombs. Awfully sad.
PandasAreMyFav 8 years ago
Well... That history story just added to the already depressing pictures. 😰
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Lukács Boglárka 8 years ago
Humanity makes the same mistakes, over and over again, we learn so slowly...I imagine, what we could achieve without these wars, pains all over the world...how sad :(
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Lloyd Gustafson 8 years ago
How can people do this to one another? Those poor people to see their beautiful city so destroyed and it's citizens killed for living in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Ronja Rövardotter 8 years ago
Sad and scary pictures :( so much beauty destroyed by the hand of human. I feel so much hatred and suffering from them. I can't imagine how hard to watch this must be for the survivors. All you have known is gone. I really really hope things are going to be better soon for Syria. Your beautiful country has suffered enough. Our country once sufferd too, the generation of my grandparents. After the revolution our president Václav Havel said: "Love always wins over lie and hatred." Dear Syrians I send you lots and lots of love from the Czech Republic and I hope you will win your freedom soon.
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Aen RaBeon 8 years ago
Don't forget to say thank you tm Obama and company for a job well done. Soon only tell Aviv would be the only one standing?
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Momo Charaf 8 years ago
How about them isis every one forgot about them and their atrocities all the sudden??
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Tuana Sevi 7 years ago
i just cant wrap my head around it, why a place of worship? what has it done to you? its one place where people feel safe and surrounded with the sence of peace in front of the one they believe. why destroy that? its unaccapable to destroy a church during war, you cant even take people who went into church for safety out of it, yet it is acceptable to do this to a mosque? it doesn't matter what you believe in, to destroy any place of worship could only be done by someone so morally sick and evil.
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Nathalie Le Maire 8 years ago
My god, I keep looking at all these pics and am just astonished at just how much war can destroy....Aleppo was a gem and now it has been reduced to nothing more than rubble, what is worse is that there are so many crimes against humanity being committed at the same time. If Aleppo ever gets rebuilt, it will take a long, long, long time....
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Margaret Trueman 8 years ago
The beauty of the before and the destruction of the now. Heartbreaking. Terrifying. Sad. Sad. Sad. But for the humans saddest of all.
Gabi Alhwashy 8 years ago
As Syrian and Aleppo being my home town it breaks my heart to see my city leveled to the ground.
Raimonda Jacinavičienė 8 years ago
Heartbreaking ... especially having a friend who was born and bred there.. and there's millions like him..
Becky Stacy 8 years ago
Cannot imagine what it's like for the people who call this place home.what a tragedy
Wayne Beesley 8 years ago
How can this happen ? It is beyond comprehension that humans can do this to their own heritage and beautiful history - disgusting
Margaret Trueman 8 years ago
The beauty of the before and the destruction of the now. Heartbreaking. Terrifying. Sad. Sad. Sad. But for the humans saddest of all.
Gabi Alhwashy 8 years ago
As Syrian and Aleppo being my home town it breaks my heart to see my city leveled to the ground.
Raimonda Jacinavičienė 8 years ago
Heartbreaking ... especially having a friend who was born and bred there.. and there's millions like him..
Becky Stacy 8 years ago
Cannot imagine what it's like for the people who call this place home.what a tragedy
Wayne Beesley 8 years ago
How can this happen ? It is beyond comprehension that humans can do this to their own heritage and beautiful history - disgusting
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