Bashar al-Assad visits Aleppo for Eid

Immersed in this walkabout, Bashar al-Assad. Surrounded by the faithful, he attends the Eid prayer in a mosque in Aleppo. This is the Syrian president’s first visit to this rebel stronghold since the start of the war in 2011. The opportunity for the man who participated in its destruction to inaugurate the repair work in Aleppo. “No city has suffered like Aleppo. Terrorism has destroyed everything. Water, electricity, services. Aleppo and its province will be the biggest beneficiaries of the repair of this station”did he declare.

For four years, Syria’s second city has been the scene of fierce fighting between government forces, rebel groups and the Islamic State. Bombarded by the regime, Aleppo’s infrastructure is devastated. The starving inhabitants flee. With the military intervention of Russia, the city was finally recaptured in 2016. For 11 years, the war in Syria has killed more than 500,000 people.