"After I reopened my old shop, following the renovation of the market, I felt my spirit return with it," said merchant Omar al-Rawwas, 45, who inherited his family's carpet business at the revived Saqtiya 2 souk.
Once famous for its bustling markets and old citadel, Aleppo's Old City was rendered almost unrecognisable by some of the worst violence in Syria's conflict between government forces and rebels that began after mass protests in 2011.
The fighting in Aleppo, which lasted until 2016 when... Читать дальше...