BEIRUT (Reuters) - Fires that gutted a vast mediaeval market have broken out in other areas of the Old City of Aleppo, a world heritage site, as rebels and government forces fight for the ancient heart of Syria's biggest city, opposition activists said on Monday.
The rebels last
week announced a fresh attempt to seize the city, home of a large
merchant class that had mostly remained loyal to President Bashar
al-Assad, and appeared to have focused on the warren of alleyways that
make up the walled Old City.
With government
forces holding the large medieval citadel in the heart of the Old City,
according to rebels, the fighting that has already claimed more than
30,000 lives across Syria seems certain to destroy more cultural
treasures too.
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