The visit to Syria’s second city and previously the economic capital is highly symbolic as Assad’s 2016 victory there — with crucial military support from Russia — was a turning point in the war.
Assad and his wife “visited Aleppo’s historic Ummayad mosque,” the Syrian presidency said on the Telegram messaging app.
They also “walked through the Old City’s souks, which were open on the occasion of Eid al-Adha,” it added, referring to the Muslim feast set to begin on Saturday.
Both sites had suffered massive damage in the fighting. READ MORE
