New photos from Aleppo city show devastation in two historical buildings

Team from the Directorate of Antiquities in Aleppo have inspected the damage at Beit Ghazaleh and Beit Ashiqbash in al-Jdaydeh district in the old city of Aleppo and they have taken photos to the two historical buildings.

The new photos are published on the website of the Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums. [http://www.dgam.gov.sy/?d=314&id=2039]

The DGAM gave a brief idea about the two building.

Beit Ghazaleh, which dates back to the 17th century, is one of the important archaeological buildings in the old city of, and it was restored by the DGAM from 2007 to 2011 to host the Memory Museum of the city of Aleppo. While Beit Ashiqbash was built in the middle of the 18th century and it was restored by DGAM in the 1980s as a Museum of popular tradition.

Aleppo city is witnessing fierce clashes between the Syrian army units and foreign-backed terrorist organizations.

Since 2011, a foreign-backed terror war has been waged on Syria targeting its army, people, civilization and infrastructures in accordance with the US-Zionist plot that aims to fragment the region and to have hegemony over its wealth.

Hundreds of thousands of terrorists and mercenaries came from more than 93 countries to fight against the Syrian army with the support of several regional and international powers, according to media reports.

Basma Qaddour