The explosion ripped through the Carlton Citadel Hotel near the medieval Citadel and Aleppo’s walled Old City, which are both U.N. World Heritage sites.

The Carlton Citadel Hotel, among the most luxurious of the hostelries that catered to Aleppo’s once-booming tourist trade, was situated in a renovated stone building that once housed an Ottoman ...

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The explosion ripped through the Carlton Citadel Hotel near the landmark medieval Citadel and Aleppo’s walled Old City, which are both United Nations World Heritage Sites.

State television gave no word on any casualties from the attack that levelled the famed Carlton Citadel Hotel just across the road from the city's UNESCO-listed Citadel.

Rebel fighters are believed to have levelled the Carlton Citadel Hotel by detonating a bomb in a tunnel beneath the building. Rob Williams. Friday 09 May 2014 10:45 BST. Comments.

Beirut - Syrian rebels blew up a luxury hotel turned army base in the historic heart of Aleppo on Thursday after tunnelling under the front line that divides the northern city. State television gave ...

Reports are emerging that Syrian rebels have blown up a hotel used by President Bashar al-Assad's forces in Aleppo on Thursday, Reuters reports, citing state media and a monitoring group. The ...