Aleppo expands as displaced population grows
Aleppo expands as displaced population grows Massive displacement from the war has brought thousands of Syrians north, and with them urban expansion. The sun sets over a displacement camp near Deir al-Ballut in the Afrin countryside, in Syria's Aleppo province near the border with Turkey, on Dec. 5, 2020. April 8, 2021 The rural areas to the east and north of Aleppo are seeing urban sprawl as residential construction skyrockets. The areas under the control of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army in northern Syria became a destination for those fleeing the bombing elsewhere in the ...
Source: al-monitor.com