Dec 4, 2024 · Aleppo soap joins the city's traditional music, Al-Qudoud al-Halabiya, on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage, while the city itself -- declared a world heritage site in 1986 -- was...

May 18, 2016 · In 2011 the Salesian mission of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus in Duékoué in the Ivory Coast saved the lives of 30,000 people, who took refuge in its grounds of just 2.5 hectares during the civil war.

Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire [a] and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa.Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is the port city of Abidjan.It borders Guinea to the northwest, Liberia to the west, Mali to the northwest, Burkina Faso to the ...

Oct 17, 2016 · East Aleppo’s food situation took a turn for the worse this summer after government forces surrounded and besieged the area. Despite some rebel advances since then, the area remains cut off...

Jan 10, 2017 · He made a comeback in Ivorian politics as head of the liberal Rally of the Republicans, which has strong support in the north, and backed the coup that ousted President Bedie in 1999.

Dec 4, 2024 · Turkey said Wednesday (December 4) it anticipates many of the three million Syrian refugees on its soil will accelerate their return if rebels solidify control over Aleppo, which they seized from Damascus last week.

Feb 11, 2023 · Syrian official websites published images of Assad and his wife while checking on the injured at the Aleppo University Hospital, in their first visit to a region stricken by an earthquake that has killed thousands in the country. Assad …

The 13th-century citadel, 12th-century Great Mosque and various 17th-century madrasas, palaces, caravanserais and hammams all form part of the city's cohesive, unique urban fabric, now threatened by overpopulation.

Ivory Coast's contemporary political history is closely associated with the career of Félix Houphouët-Boigny, president of the republic and leader of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PDCI) until his death on 7 December 1993.

Jan 5, 2025 · Aleppo is the principal city of northern Syria known as a hub for Syrian culture and commercial activity as well as for its medieval citadel and architecture. The city became a focal point of the Syrian Civil War from 2012 until 2016 and suffered considerable damage.