Këto ditë më shumë se kurrë në gjithë botën mediat dhe rrjetet sociale po flasin për një qytet në Siri, Alepon. Një qytet që prej më shumë se 4 vitesh është nën një luftë të ethshme civile, me bombardime dhe shkatërrime, ku kryefjala janë masakrat e popullsisë civile.
Por Alepo ishte një metropol i lulëzuar dhe destinacion turistik i njohur për arkitekturën e tij mesjetare dhe historinë e pasur kulturore, shkruan “WorldPress”.
Një nga qytetet më të mëdha në Siri dhe një nga qytetet më të vjetra të banuara në botë, ky ishte një vendi i trashëgimisë botërore të Kombeve të Bashkuara që u quajt “Kryeqyteti i Kulturës Islame” në vitin 2006.
Por që nga shpërthimi i luftës civile në Siri në mars të vitit 2011, kanë vdekur qindra mijra persona dhe rreth 4.8 milion njerëz janë larguar.
“Mapo.al” sjell për lexuesit e saj këto pamje të Alepos së dikurshme, të paraluftës civile, të publikuara këto ditë nga “Hunffington Post”.
Syrian men weave traditional rugs in the Bazaar of the historic Syrian city of Aleppo, 350 kms north of Damascus, 18 March 2006. Aleppo was chosen as the Arab world’s capital of Islamic culture for 2006. They city was a major trading centre on the Silk Road and its Christian, Muslim and Jewish heritage has made it into one of the world’s unique cities, with an array of markets and sites that recall the city’s role as a centre for culture and world trade centuries ago. AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/Getty Images)AL-MADINA SOUK, ALEPPO, SYRIA – 2010/03/20: A sweet shop inside Al Madina Souk in Aleppo, Syria, before it was destroyed during the civil war. Stretching over 12 hectares and dating back to the 13th century, Aleppo’s souk was the biggest in the world. It was classified a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1986. It’s a rabbit warren of stone-wall alleyways and hidey-hole courtyards, brimming with hurried shoppers and hawkers who push and shout their way along worn cobbled lanes. Aleppo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places on earth; historians claim the site has been lived in for more than 8000 years. Its position at the cross-roads from Europe, Asia and Africa made it a strategic hub for trade. (Photo by Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images)A view shows a part of the Syrian city of Aleppo with its historic citadel June 23, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA – Tags: CITYSCAPE TRAVEL)Members of the Syrian Academy of Gastronomy taste Aleppine cuisine at a restaurant in the historic city of Aleppo October 21, 2007. With silk road fame and cosmopolitan prosperity, today’s Syrian city of Aleppo was the culinary capital of the Middle East before cultural and commercial decline took its toll. Syria is opening up its economy in the last few years after decades of nationalisation and state control and reviving interest in the city’s cuisine. To match feature SYRIA-ALEPPO/CUISINE REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA)BASILICA OF SAINT SIMEON, ALEPPO, SYRIA – 2010/03/25: Tourists at the ruins at the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, built in the the 5th century AD and the oldest surviving Byzantine church, near Aleppo, Syria. (Photo by Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images)Woman At A Table In A Bar, Aleppo, Syria, Middle East, Asia (Photo by Marka/UIG via Getty Images)(GERMANY OUT) Aleppo: Blick von der Zitadelle auf dieStadt; in der Bildmitte die Moscheeal-kosrowije – 1997al-khosrowije (Photo by Ihlow/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
SYRIA – CIRCA 2006: Aleppo kids in Syria in 2006 – back home for ramadan diner. (Photo by Eric LAFFORGUE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)Aleppo (Alep), SYRIA: A man smokes his water pipe in front of the Aleppo citadel, an Islamic landmark and the most prominent historic architectural site in Aleppo, as the city is inaugurated today as the Arab world’s Islamic cultural capital, 18 March 2006. Syrian Culture Minister Riad Nassan Agha said yesterday Aleppo was chosen by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) because of its role as the “main point of passage between East and West.” AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/Getty Images)A Syrian girl holds a placard during a rally in solidarity with Aleppo, in the Lebanese northern port city of Tripoli, on May 1, 2016. More than a week of fighting in Syria’s second city has killed hundreds of civilians and left a UN-backed peace process hanging by a thread. Concern has been growing that the fighting in Aleppo will lead to the complete collapse of a landmark ceasefire between President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and non-jihadist rebels that was brokered by Moscow and Washington. / AFP PHOTO / IBRAHIM CHALHOUBView from the citadel of Aleppo over the rooftops and buildings of the congested city Syria (Photo by: Digital Light Source/UIG via Getty Images)ALEPPO, SYRIA – OCTOBER 06: Aleppo was famous for its architecture; for its attractive churches, mosques, schools and baths, as an important center of trade between the eastern Mediterranean kingdoms and the merchants of Venice, Aleppo became prosperous and famous in the centuries preceding the Ottoman era on October 6, 2006 in Aleppo, Syria. (Photo by Eric LAFFORGUE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)A man asleep inside his shop in the Souk in Aleppo, Syria. The Souk is the longest covered market in the Middle East and parts can be dated to Roman times. The entire covered Souk can be dated from the sixteenth century. Goods ranging from food to jewellery can be purchased here. (Photo by In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)AL-JDEIDA, ALEPPO, SYRIA – 2010/03/20: The interior of Sissi House, a storied hotel burned down during the Syrian civil war in Aleppo in 2012. This 17th century house, named after the Austrian Empress, was the first tourist restaurant in Al-Jdeida. Meaning new town in Arabic, this medieval neighbourhood was built by Aleppine Christians after Tamerlane the Terrible sacked the city in 1400. This quiet labyrinth of narrow cobbled lanes meandering past ancient courtyard house and leafy public squares, was prior to the war, in the midst of a renaissance, its mansions being converted into boutique hotels, cafes, galleries, restaurants and private houses. (Photo by Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images)AL-MADINA SOUK, ALEPPO, SYRIA – 2010/03/20: A man inside Al Madina Souk in Aleppo, Syria, before it was largely destroyed during the Syrian civil war. Stretching over 12 hectares and dating back to the 13th century, Aleppo’s souk was the biggest in the world. It was classified a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1986. It’s a rabbit warren of stone-wall alleyways and hidey-hole courtyards, brimming with hurried shoppers and hawkers who push and shout their way along worn cobbled lanes. Aleppo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places on earth; historians claim the site has been lived in for more than 8000 years. Its position at the cross-roads from Europe, Asia and Africa made it a strategic hub for trade. (Photo by Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images)People shop at the main market, or souk, in the Syrian city of Aleppo June 23, 2010. Subtlety is the hallmark of Aleppo, one of the world’s richest historical sites whose inhabitants possess a quiet pride and a cosmopolitan culture that has survived Mongol destruction and steady economic decline. To match Reuters Life! TRAVEL-ALEPPO/ REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA – Tags: BUSINESS TRAVEL SOCIETY)ALEPPO, SYRIA – 2004/10/21: View from Aleppo citadel to the city below, Syria. Ancient monuments across Syria are under threat as a result of the civil war which began in 2011. Temples in the Roman city of Palmyra have been attacked by Islamic State, while other sites have suffered shelling from government forces and been stripped by looters. (Photo by Dominic Dudley/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
