Dozens of people gathered in Syria’s second city following the collapse of former President Bashar al-Assad’s regime on Sunday, according to satellite images shared with a source. The images, captured on Sunday, show the scale of large, anti-Assad demonstrations reported across the city of Aleppo, which rebel forces entered last week following a lightning advance.
Crowds can be seen at Aleppo’s central Saadallah al-Jabiri Square and at the gates of the ancient citadel, where apparent demonstrators appear steps away from a site visited on Wednesday by rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani.
Once Syria’s largest city by population and its economic capital, Aleppo is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world. It was also the main rebel stronghold until Assad took it over in 2016.
