one of the Orient’s oldest and most beautiful important cities inhabited for thousands of years by generations after generations of craftsmen, merchants, artists, dynasties, famous architects of all styles and religions, the western end of the old silk road home to over 2 million citizens until not long ago
a few weeks of modern warfare were enough to destroy what hundreds of generations had built for their living as well as their sense of beauty
rockets exploded churches, temples, and mosques artillery pulverized ancient palaces and new houses
barrel bombs and poison gas killed the people
on tv we now see acres of urban wasteland miles of rubble with no life except for occasional tanks and soldiers proclaiming victory over these ruins in the name of a dictator whose regime has become a puppet in global power games no matter what the cost in lives or things
to destroy is easy building things up is hard work
with friends like these who needs enemies
For the ancient city of Aleppo as it used to be, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleppo