Syria: As battle for historic city of Aleppo goes on, heritage sites and monuments continue to be damaged
As the battle for Aleppo closes in on the historical centre in northern Syria, heritage sites in one of the world’s oldest cities are being damaged and experts fear the worst is yet to come.
In Bab al-Nasr neighbourhood, a Free Syrian Army rebel pointed to a gaping hole in the base of the delicately chiselled minaret of the 700-year-old Mahmandar mosque.