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The city of Aleppo, once the largest city in Syria, was home to mosques and minarets, old bazaars and marketplaces, and 2 million people. Take a photo tour of the city before Syria’s civil war began.<\/a><\/p>\n

They’re a stark contrast to what photos of eastern Aleppo look like now:<\/p>\n

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$\"\"$ Buildings and walls hang precariously, much like the lives of people who once lived in eastern Aleppo. (©2016 photo courtesy of Syria Relief)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"