Lacking aid, Syrians do what they can to rebuild devastated Aleppo


  • World
  • Tuesday, 29 Apr 2025

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows houses without roofs in Aleppo, Syria, April 19, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano/File Photo

ALEPPO (Reuters) - Moussa Hajj Khalil is among many Syrians rebuilding their homes from the rubble of the historic and economically important city of Aleppo, as Syria's new leaders struggle to kick-start large-scale reconstruction efforts.

Aleppo, Syria's second largest city and a UNESCO World Heritage site, was deeply scarred by more than a decade of war between government and rebel forces, suffering battles, a siege, Russian air strikes and barrel bomb attacks.

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