Aleppo
Aleppo (English: /ʌˈlɛp/; Arabic: ﺣَﻠَﺐ / ALA-LC: , IPA-ar|ˈħalab|IPA}}) is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous governorate of Syria. With an estimated population of 2,098,000 residents it is Syria's second-largest city and also one of the largest cities in the Levant region. Aleppo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world; it may have been inhabited since the sixth millennium BC. Excavations at Tell as-Sawda and Tell …