That has to have some of the ugliest architecture on the planet. I wonder what it looked like before it was ruined by the “usual suspects.”
I don’t have a before shot. ISIS and Al-Qaeda inside Turkey’s FSA did the damage.
Might be able to find a before shot.
Have read the invading Jihadi’s stripped the farms of equipment, stole the electrical wiring, raped, kidnapped into sex slavery, pillaged everything that was movable.
Erdogan did not pay them except for the spoils of war.
They are still doing that.
Ancient sites:
Turkish Shelling Destroys 3,000-Year-Old Temple in Afrin; Armenian Possibly Killed as Offensive Continues
https://armenianweekly.com/2018/01/29/turkish-shelling-continues-in-afrin/
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In pictures: Fighting devastates Afrin city center
http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/200320181
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Given a little research I can probably find more pre photos.
Am caring for my 93 years old father. Must get back to him now.